Cornish v. Gaelic Languages

'Deth da, Da yu genef dha weles'....The ancient Celtic language of Cornwall was reportedly last spoken by Dolly Pentreath of Mousehole who died in 1777. There is also however, a tombstone at Zennor churchyard to John Davey (1812-1891), 'the last to possess any traditional considerable knowledge of the Cornish Language'. He sang traditional songs and could converse quite fluently. Why did it die out? While Cornwall remained largely untouched by the outside world the language remained intact....Compare it with Gaelic

Some Keywords in the Cornish Language, with their Gaelic equivalents - kindly supplied by Cecil Ward of An t-Eilean Sgitheanach - the Isle of Skye

English Word	Cornish Translation	Pronounciation	Gaelic Equivalent	Pronounciation
water	dowr	dower	dobhair, dòbhran
beach	treath	treth	traigh
Sea	Mor	More	muir, mara
Church	Eglos	Egg-Loss	eaglais
House	Chy	Chee	taigh
Dwelling	Bos	Bose	bothan
Field	Parc or Plen	Park or Plen	pàirc
Head, Headland	Pen-	Pen-	ceann
Religous Settlement	Lan-	Lann	Lann
Homestead	Tre-	Tray	(treubh)
Boat	Scatho	Scath-O	sgoth
Sand Dune	Towan	Tau-an	toman, tonn
Cliff	Als	Alz	àil
Rocks	Carreg	Car Egg	carraig
A Wood	Cus or Cos	Kawz	coilltean (pl.), coille (sing.)
New	Noweth	Now-Eth	nuadh
White	Gwyn or Gwidden	Gwin or Gwidden	fionn
Black	Du or Dhu	Dew	dubh
Blue	Glas or Glaze	Glayze	Glas	Glahze
Red	Ruth	Ruth	ruadh
Grove	Kelly	Kelly	coille
Mill	Melyn	Mellin	muileann
Pond or Pool	Pol	Pol	Poll