Chesten Marchant

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Chesten Marchant or Cheston Marchant, who died in 1676 at Gwithian, Cornwall^[1] is believed to have been the last monoglot Cornish speaker, as opposed to other speakers such as Dolly Pentreath who could also speak English.

References

↑ "Gwithian Village, Cornwall". cornwallinfocus.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2010.

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Topics	Revival Last speaker Cornish surnames Glasney College Plen an Gwari

Literature	Bodmin manumissions Ordinalia Beunans Meriasek Bewnans Ke Cranken Rhyme Bible translations

Orthographies	Standard Written Form Kernewek Kemmyn Kernowek Standard Modern Cornish Unified Cornish

Organisations	Cornish Language Partnership Agan Tavas Cussel an Tavas Kernuak Kesva an Taves Kernewek Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek

Key figures	Henry Jenner Robert Morton Nance Edward Lhuyd Dolly Pentreath Chesten Marchant John Davey Richard Gendall Ken George Nicholas Williams

Related articles	Brittonic languages Celtic languages

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Name	Marchant, Chesten
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Date of death	1676
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