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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