Re: OT: parent languages

["Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx]

David B. Kronenfeld wrote:
> The Romans did it to the Celtic English,
The Celtic inhabitants are generally called Britons; it is
something of an anachronism to call them English. The Britons
were speaking P-Celtic, learned Latin to some degree over the
centuries that the area formed one or more provinces of the
Imperium, and either were killed off, fled west to Wales or east
to Armorica (Brittany, where a P-Celtic language--not, strictly
speaking a variety of French--is still spoken), or just threw in
the towel and learned Anglo-Saxon after the Anglo-Saxons took over.
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Patricia M. Godfrey
PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx