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Why do Celtic languages survive only in the British isles + Brittany?

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Why do Celtic languages survive only in the British isles + Brittany?
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wewuzing
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>>2793599
Farther away from potential enemies.
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only in the furthest places away from London/Paris
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>>2793626
Cornwall and Brittany aren't that far away from London or Paris. There are places that are closer which don't speak Gaelic.
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>>2793660
*further away from London or Paris
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I was always fascinated how Celtic people went from most numerous of Indo-European groups to least numerous. Compare that with Slavs, contrast is really enormous.
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>>2793599
Because they were replaced by the languages of the people ruling the formerly celtic lands.

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Stop being a Celt.
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What do you mean, there are plenty of semitic speakers in the world
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>>2794123
get stabbed fgt
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