The Mystery of the Missing Medieval Language

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"Why doesn't England speak a Celtic language? 1,500 years ago, most of the people on the island of Great Britain spoke the Celtic language of Brythonic (or Brittonic), but nowadays the Germanic language of English dominates the landscape. This Celtic language does survive into the modern day, through its descendants of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton, but in England itself it is very rare to find these languages spoken.
So what really happened to the Celtic language in England? Why don't most of the people in the United Kingdom speak Brythonic today? What are the misconceptions surrounding the topic, and where do they come from?

In this video I aim to provide an overview of two of the most popular explanations for the decline of the Celtic language in England, one of them is a common, and ancient, misconception, and the other is a more robust, modern interpretation as to why this Celtic language faltered. "