Who was the last native speaker of Anglo-Norman?

by Khagyayerdi

Ned Maddrell was the last native speaker of Manx, Dolly Pentreath was the last native speaker of Cornish.

So who was the last native speaker of Anglo-Norman (not Norman proper, I know that people speak it in the Channel Islands and Normandy)?

keyilan

This question doesnt have the kind of answer youre looking for. In the case of languages like Manx, it was replaced with a bit of a clean break. Anglo-norman did not just stop being spoken like this. What happened instead is that Early Middle English became more like Anglo-Norman, and AN became more like EME. You didnt have a single last speaker because the point that it stopped being one thing and started being another isnt so distinct. Both were constantly in a state of change headed toward convergence, as is typical of this sort of stable multi-language situation.

So really the question doesnt have an answer as it was asked. It was a fade, not a cut, and one involving convergence in the lead-up.

Im on mobile but ive answered a similar question to this somewhat recently which should probably be easy to dig up in my comment history. If i can link to it from mobile Ill do that.