About the .KER new gTLD

The Cornish language and culture is distinct and unique in the world and has an unbroken history that spans millennia. A .ker top-level Internet domain would unite the Cornish people, culture and language throughout the world and would contribute to and reflect the growing diversity on the Internet that is essential for inclusion in an ever-changing electronic world.

Cornish people have a long history of emigration to different parts of the world and today strong and vibrant Cornish communities can be found in countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa and South America, just to name a few. A .ker Internet domain name would ensure that these communities are able to form a common bond on the Internet and prove that that the Web really is multi-national and a multilingual medium. It would also show that the Cornish language is a modern medium of communication in today's technology-influenced world.

Various groups could benefit from the admission of a new TLD such as .ker. The attractive feature of such a domain ending is that the name itself connects all sites with such an ending to Cornish culture. Individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations and other groups would inherently be associated with the Cornish simply by virtue of being included in the .ker domain. The effort to secure a .ker TLD is one of many campaigns focusing on the importance of languages and cultures in top-level domains. Brittany, Galicia, Flanders, Scotland and Wales are all pursuing their own campaign to secure a TLD.