Re: Celtic Origins

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:23:03 -0000, "JMB" <johnmbyrne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


>> I would imagine that it would require some
>> speakers of the new language actually settling in the country.
>
>I'm sure some did, but not in any large numbers.
>
>> If those speakers also had power and prestige there would be
>> greater incentive for the natives to adopt the new language.

In my view you are on the right track. The Hungarians, for example,
are proper European stock genetically, but they speak the language of
a long-forgotten conqueror who came in relatively low numbers.

fkoe
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