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 | | It is often claimed that the last native speaker of Cornish was the Mousehole resident Dolly Pentreath, who died in 1777. |
 | | However, she spoke at least some English as well and the last monoglottism monoglot Cornish speaker is believed to have been Chesten Marchant, who died in 1676 at Gwithian, Cornwall, England Gwithian. |
 | | It does, however, appear to be true that Dolly Pentreath spoke Cornish fluently and may have been the last to do so before the revival of the language in the 20th century. |
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