Dolly Pentreath
✓ Source-basedstableLast known native speaker of the Cornish language prior to its revival in 1904
Lived 1692 to 1777 · aged 85
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Dorothy Pentreath was a Cornish fishwife. She is one of the last known 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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deceased
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Lived 1692 to 1777 · aged 85
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