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BBC responds to interest in Cornish with new language podcast

By Yassin El-Moudden

Learn Cornish launched few months after language given new level of protection Listeners tuning in to the BBC’s latest podcast offering on Friday may find themselves saying dydh da to a language that is enjoying something of a resurgence. The new programme called Learn Cornish will be fronted by the Radio 1 host Danni Diston and includes guests such as the Bafta-winning director Mark Jenkin. Diston, who is from north Cornwall, said that she initially did not know any Cornish “other than smal...