What if the Celts in continental Europe hadn't adopted Roman languages?

[Smaug]

"Celt" was a term used by Romans to refer only to those from Continental Europe, it was never used by them to name the peoples from Britannia and Hibernia.

Well, if the Celts hadn't been Romanized today's regions corresponding to France, Northern Italy, Portugal and Spain, as well as a handful of territories in Eastern Europe and Anatolia would be speaking a Celtic language.

These States as we know would not exist. Instead of Spain, Portugal and France we would have lots of Celtic states, and maybe a "United Gaul" (France and Northern Italy). But maybe some of them wouldn't have survived to the Germanic inavsions and we would have lots of England-like nations, Celto-Germanic.

[Sky earth]

Celtic original homeland is Central Europe. The territory of today`s Austria (Hallstatt Tene culture), Bavaria and Bohemia to be precise. They migrated from there to Iberia and the British Isles.

I know that the Celtic homeland was in Central Europe but that doesn't change the fact that they expanded into Western Europe and mainly to France and Spain. That's also the reason why most Celtic tribes were placed in France and Spain by Roman historians

[Sky earth]

I'm sorry for your "Roman historians", but they were obviously wrong.

It's not my problem if you can't deal with historical facts

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[Damião de Góis]

"Celt" was a term used by Romans to refer only to those from Continental Europe, it was never used by them to name the peoples from Britannia and Hibernia.

Well, if the Celts hadn't been Romanized today's regions corresponding to France, Northern Italy, Portugal and Spain, as well as a handful of territories in Eastern Europe and Anatolia would be speaking a Celtic language.

These States as we know would not exist. Instead of Spain, Portugal and France we would have lots of Celtic states, and maybe a "United Gaul" (France and Northern Italy). But maybe some of them wouldn't have survived to the Germanic inavsions and we would have lots of England-like nations, Celto-Germanic.

You are forgetting about germanic invasions. I don't think a celtic state would exist anywhere.

[Smaug]

You are forgetting about germanic invasions. I don't think a celtic state would exist anywhere.

These States as we know would not exist. Instead of Spain, Portugal and France we would have lots of Celtic states, and maybe a "United Gaul" (France and Northern Italy). But maybe some of them wouldn't have survived to the Germanic inavsions and we would have lots of England-like nations, Celto-Germanic.

[Damião de Góis]

Well, in Iberia there's no way they would survive the Vandals, Alans, Suebi and Visigoths. They weren't united also.

[Wolf]

It's not my problem if you can't deal with historical facts

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I see, you're equating Gauls with Celts.

[Sky earth]

I see, you're equating Gauls with Celts.

What do you believe? That Gauls were Germanic? There is no doubt over it that the Gauls from France spoke a Continental Celtic language

[WOOHP]

The Franks and Normans assimilated into the Gallo-Romance culture because they saw it as being superior, but it's not sure whether they would've done so if France at that time was Gallic/Celtic. It's likely that modern day France or "Frankrik" maybe would be a Germanic speaking country. Probably an upper Frankish variety related to Dutch in Oïl France and some kind of Alemannic based one in the Arpitan/Occitan area.

[Wolf]

What do you believe? That Gauls were Germanic? There is no doubt over it that the Gauls from France spoke a Continental Celtic language

All Gauls were Celts, but not all Celts were Gauls.