A project of Penrith Beacon Communications | PBC
Revitalised Cumbric is a structured language reference and learning resource dedicated to the northern Brittonic language of Cumbria and the Old North — presented alongside its closest living relatives in the Brittonic and Celtic families.
The site presents Revitalised Cumbric forms across all the core vocabulary and grammatical domains of Stage 1 — pronouns, verbs, numbers, days, months, greetings — in a parallel table alongside Welsh, Middle Welsh, Old Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Irish Gaelic, and Scottish Gaelic. This parallel presentation is the heart of the project: seeing how the eight Celtic languages sit together in one table makes cross-linguistic patterns instantly visible, and positions Revitalised Cumbric within the family it belongs to.
The eight Celtic languages shown on every section page are:
English is the fixed reference column. The eight Celtic language columns can be individually focused by tapping their header — collapsing the table to English + one language for direct comparison.
Revitalised Cumbric is a downstream project of Polyglot™, a 21-language reference and training platform maintained by Penrith Beacon Communications | PBC. Polyglot™ covers the same 307 entries across English and 20 further languages — the full set of European languages plus all eight Celtic languages including Middle Welsh, Old Welsh and Revitalised Cumbric.
Polyglot™ is the master data source. Every form that appears in Revitalised Cumbric originates in the Polyglot™ dataset. When Polyglot™ adds new sections — Stage 2 and Stage 3 vocabulary — those forms will flow through to this site. When a Cumbric form is revised or refined by the NBTRF framework, the update is made in Polyglot™ first and this site is synchronised from it.
For learners who want the full 21-language experience — to see French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, and many more alongside the Celtic family — Polyglot™ is where to go. For learners who want to focus specifically on the Celtic languages and Revitalised Cumbric, this site presents exactly that subset in a clear, uncluttered format.
Visit polyglot.kingarthursroundtable.com for the full 21-language dataset, interactive training with section quizzes, progress tracking, and column reordering to put your chosen language first.
Revitalised Cumbric is an active project of Penrith Beacon Communications | PBC, a communications and heritage organisation based in the north of England.
The Revitalised Cumbric forms — the xcb column — were produced under the NBTRF (Northern Brittonic Toponymic Reconstruction Framework), a structured evidentiary methodology applying place-name analysis, comparative Brittonic linguistics, and historical phonology. Every cell has a documented derivation chain maintained in the internal NBTRF trace log. The full framework specification is available at the NBTRF page.
The Welsh, Middle Welsh, Old Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish, Breton, Irish Gaelic, and Scottish Gaelic forms all originate in the Polyglot™ dataset, where their sources and confidence levels are also documented.
The data on this site is synchronised from the Polyglot™ master dataset. Updates happen in the following circumstances:
This site is in alpha development. Data is reviewed and validated systematically, but forms may be revised as accuracy improves. No warranty is made as to the completeness or fitness for purpose of any information presented.
Each Stage 1 section page presents a filtered subset of the 307-entry dataset — for instance, all six present-tense forms of "to be", or all seven days of the week — with English as the fixed first column and eight Celtic languages alongside it.
Column focus mode: tap any language column header to collapse the table to English + that language only. Tap the header again to restore all columns. This is useful for focused comparison or for learners working on one language at a time.
Training: a "Training" button on each section page opens a modal explaining how to use the full Polyglot™ training programme — row-by-row quizzes, section quizzes, and progress tracking — with recommendations for Celtic-focused learners.
Pronunciation: this site does not include audio. The recommended approach is to use ChatGPT in voice mode or Google Gemini alongside the reference tables — read a row aloud in each language and ask your AI assistant for feedback. This approach is considered an integral part of the recommended learning process, not an optional extra.
Revitalised Cumbric is a best-effort project in active development. We make no warranty — express or implied — as to the accuracy, completeness, or fitness for purpose of any information presented. We accept no obligation to any user. You use this application entirely at your own risk.
The Revitalised Cumbric column in particular is an applied academic exercise. Forms are derived systematically from Old Welsh using the NBTRF methodology and are documented in a full internal trace log, but they are not attested historical texts. They represent the most conservative and evidence-grounded approximation of northern Brittonic forms that the current state of scholarship permits — no more, and no less.
We encourage all learners to engage critically with the material and, where possible, to bring specialist knowledge to bear. The Contributors page explains how qualified specialists can submit new evidence to improve and expand the dataset.