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English[en]
If we are to say that the language died with the death of its last speaker, we must also consider what a native speaker is. Leonard Bloomfield defines a native speaker thus: a person who has been in the environment of a language from birth. We can interpret this as someone who has learnt a language at home and/or from his parents (Language, 1994). This description says nothing about the fluency of these speakers, and so we may allow ourselves a little flexibility in recognising native speakers of Cornish.
Cornish[kw]
Mar mynnyn leverel y merwis yeth awos mernans hy howser genesik finek, yma keffrys res mires war styryans a gowser genesik. Deskrif Leonard Bloomfield kowsoryon enesik avel: pobel a veu gorrys yn kerghynnedh yeth a-dhia bos genys (Language, 1994). Y hyllyn styrya hemma avel nebonan a dhyskas yeth y'n chi ha/po a-dhyworth y dewgerens. Ny wra'n deskrifans ma mencyon a frethder an gowsoryon ma, hag ytho y kas temmik a wedhynder orth aswon Kernowegoryon enesik.