Vocabulary of Cornwall Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mother
2.    father           father
3.    sister           sister
4.    brother           brother
5.    daughter           dahter
6.    son           son


1.    water           water
2.    fire           fire
3.    sun           sunn
4.    moon          
5.    wind           wind
6.    rain          


1.    one           one
2.    two           two
3.    three           three
4.    four           four
5.    five           five
6.    six           six


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog           dawg
3.    horse           ’orse
4.    cow           cow
5.    fish           fish
6.    bird          
7.    tree          
8.    flower           flower


1.    white           white
2.    black           black
3.    red           red
4.    green           green
5.    yellow           yella
6.    blue          
7.    grey          
8.    brown           brown


Cornwall dialect was spoken in

Truro
Penzance
Looe
Falmouth
Helston
St Austell
Launceston
Fowey
St Ives
Bude
Newquay


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