Dolly Pentreath
(1692-1777)
Last known native speaker of Cornish
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Dorothy Pentreath (16 May 1692 [baptised] – 26 December 1777) was a fishwife from Mousehole, Cornwall, England. She is the best-known of the last fluent speakers of the Cornish language. She is also often credited as the last known native speaker of Cornish, although sources support the existence of other younger speakers of the language who survived her.
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1692 Mousehole, Cornwall, England
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1777 (aged 84) Paul, Cornwall, England
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