If Britan never had a colonial period, what language do you think you would speak?

@Waveney i thought english amd french came from latin and german was gealic?

@GuyWithOpinions No. English is a Germanic language. Its closest relative is Dutch (and a language called Friesian) and it's in the same family as German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages except Finnish. French is derived from Latin, but modern English is also derived from norman French, or at least the vocabulary is (e.g., words ending in -ible, -able, -ation, ition, etc.).

Gaelic, you're thinking of Celtic, which includes Irish and Welsh. Indo-European, but not German or Latin-based.

@Waveney i understood English German Ditch were classed as Tuetonic ( might have misspelled that)

@JonLosAngeles66 you think your parents wouldnt have met if there wasnt a colony?

@GuyWithOpinions no. My father's family came over on the Mayflower and later at the second wave of the Irish diaspora. My mother's family came over from the first wave of the Irish famine. Without colonialism neither would have happened.

@Degbeme Of course, the British would say that you now are speaking English with an accent! 🙂

@DrWatson I have two English friends that have heard me and they do say I have an accent. We don`t have accents. 🤭

@GoFish are you british?

@GuyWithOpinions no 😒