Excerpt from The Ancient Language, and the Dialect of Cornwall: With an Enlarged Glossary of Cornish Provincial Words; Also an Appendix, Containing a List of Writers on Cornish Dialect, and Additional Information About Dolly Pentreath, the Last Known Person Who Spoke the Ancient Cornish as Her Mother Tongue These letters appeared to interest a good many per sons, and lists of provincial words were often asked for, but compliance was impossible without printing, and so, a glossary in the form here given was then decided on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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