The Ancient Language, and the Dialect of Cornwall, with an Enlarged Glossary of…

The Ancient Language, and the Dialect of Cornwall, with an Enlarged Glossary of Cornish Provincial WordsAlso 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\nAuthor(s): Frederick W. P. Jago\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108071666, 978-1108071666\nSynopsis\nThe Cornish dialect stemmed from the influence of English on the declining Cornish language, and contained words from both languages. This glossary was published in 1882 by Frederick W. P. Jago [tel] in an effort to describe and preserve the dialect as it too declined. Containing around 3,700 dialect words from both Cornish and English, and annotated with examples, etymological information and literary citations, the work is an invaluable record of a disappearing dialect and way of life. The word list is.