Re: [tied] Re: Celtic/Germanic

>It was Romance that replaced Celtic in Gaul and Iberia. Only in
>Britain did Germanic take over.

Everywhere in Brittannia IYO? Don't you think Latin was spoken mostly in the
South-East? After all, English has considerable Latin influence: more than
German, but less than Dutch? Celtic influence in English is almst
nonexistent AFAIK?

>For the success of Germanic in what is now Germany, I think Gaius
>Julius Caesar bears some responsibilty; he rearranged the linguistic
>furniture, so to say, in Gaul. His body counts, exaggerated or not,
>were awesome. Mark O.

Yes. Perhaps we may compare this to Spanish-Portuguese in Latin America?
Amerindian languages are still alive in the Andes etc., but Spanish &
Portuguese are now (ca.500 years after Colombus) by far the dominant
languages there. Most of Gallia, after ca.400 years, must have spoken Latin
at ca.400 AD.


Marc V.