Dolly Pentreath

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Dolly Pentreath was an 18th-century woman from Mousehole in Cornwall often regarded as the last fluent traditional native speaker of the Cornish language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cornish person
human
native speaker of Cornish
associatedWith Cornish language NERFINISHED
Mousehole NERFINISHED
Paul, Cornwall NERFINISHED
burialPlace Paul churchyard, Cornwall NERFINISHED
causeOfNotability reported to be one of the last people to speak Cornish as a community language
chronologicalContext 18th century
commemoratedBy monument erected by Louis Lucien Bonaparte
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
culture Cornish culture
describedAs last fluent traditional native speaker of Cornish
ethnicGroup Cornish
familyName Pentreath NERFINISHED
givenName Dorothy NERFINISHED
hasLegacy symbol of the extinction of traditional spoken Cornish
hasMonument Dolly Pentreath memorial in Paul churchyard
hasReputation colorful personality and strong language in Cornish and English
languageSpoken Cornish
English
livedIn Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
mentionedIn writings of Daines Barrington
name Dolly Pentreath NERFINISHED
notableFor association with the decline of the Cornish language
being regarded as the last fluent traditional native speaker of Cornish
occupation fish seller
hawker
otherName Dorothy Pentreath NERFINISHED
partOf history of the Cornish language
placeOfBirth Mousehole, Cornwall NERFINISHED
Paul, Cornwall NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Mousehole, Cornwall NERFINISHED
Paul, Cornwall NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
residence Mousehole, Cornwall NERFINISHED
Paul, Cornwall NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female

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