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Dolly Pentreath (died December 1777) is considered by many to be the last native speaker of the Cornish language (that is, the last person who spoke only or predominantly Cornish). She has passed into legend for cursing at people with a long stream of fierce Cornish whenever she became angry.[1] Her death essentially marked the death of Cornish as a community language. Legend states that her last words were "Me ne vidn cewsel Sawznek!" ("I don't want to speak English!") 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Cornish language (in Cornish: Kernowek, Kernewek, Curnoack) is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages that includes Welsh, Breton, the extinct Cumbric and perhaps the hypothetical Ivernic. ...
Pentreath lived in the parish of Paul, next to Mousehole, where she was also buried; a monument in her honour was established in the churchyard wall in 1860 by Louis Lucien Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon. This is where Dolly Pentrieth, reputedly and disputedly, the last native speaker of Cornish lived. ...
Mousehole (pron: mowzel) is a fishing village near Newlyn in Cornwall, reputed to have one of the most beautiful harbours in the United Kingdom. ...
1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...
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There are many tales about Dolly Pentreath, she was said to often curse people,including calling them a black frog. She was also said to have been a witch. Numerous other stories have been attatched to dolly pentreath, the accuracy unknown.
As with many other "last native speakers", there is a matter of controversy over her status. William Bodinar (died 1794) learned Cornish as a child and, in 1776, could remember it well enough to write a letter in it. 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about the year 1776. ...
Some claim that John Davey who died in 1890 should be considered the last "traditional" speaker, he was said to have kept it alive by speaking to his cat. However there is some confusion to the extent of his abilities, notably that some may be attributed to him rather than his father. Mebyon Kernow erected a plaque to his name as the last person to have significant knowledge of the cornish language. 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...
Mebyon Kernow (Cornish for Sons of Cornwall, often abbrieviated MK) is a political party in the United Kingdom. ...
Subsequently the Cornish language continued to have some usage, by a few isolated learners, and words of Cornish origin persisted in the local dialect of English. Currently some children and young adults speak various forms of revived Cornish as native speakers.
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Chesten Marchant who died in 1676 at Gwithian, Cornwall is believed to have been the last monoglot Cornish speaker. ...
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