text_original: Until the reign of Henry VIII., though for some time English had been very generally spoken throughout the county, the old Celtic Cornish, holding a middle position, philologically as well as geographically, between Welsh and Breton, was the mother tongue of at any rate the peasantry as far east as the Tamar.
text_transcription: UNTIL THE REIGN OF HENRY THE EIGHTH THOUGH FOR SOME TIME ENGLISH HAD BEEN VERY GENERALLY SPOKEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THE OLD CELTIC CORNISH HOLDING A MIDDLE POSITION PHILOLOGICALLY AS WELL AS GEOGRAPHICALLY BETWEEN WELCH AND BRETON WAS THE MOTHER TONGUE OF AT ANY RATE THE PEASANTRY AS FAR EAST AS THE TAMAR
phonemes: ʌntˈɪl ðə ɹˈeɪn ʌv hˈɛnɹi ɹˌoʊmən ˈeɪt., ðˌoʊ fɔːɹ sˌʌm tˈaɪm ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ hɐdbɪn vˈɛɹi dʒˈɛnɚɹəli spˈoʊkən θɹuːˈaʊt ðə kˈaʊnti, ðɪ ˈoʊld kˈɛltɪk kˈɔːɹnɪʃ, hˈoʊldɪŋ ɐ mˈɪdəl pəzˈɪʃən, fˌɪləlˈɑːdʒɪkli æz wˈɛl æz dʒˌɪəɡɹˈæfɪkli, bᵻtwˌiːn wˈɛlʃ ænd bɹˈɛtən, wʌzðə mˈʌðɚ tˈʌŋ ʌv æɾ ˌɛni ɹˈeɪt ðə pˈɛzəntɹi æz fˈɑːɹ ˈiːst æz ðə tˈæmɚ.