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In this timeline we'll take a look at a scenario which would result in a continued presense of Celts in Northwest Spain up to the modern day. As many of you know Celtic was the first indo-european language spoken in the Iberian pennisula prior to Rome's Latinization of the penninsula. There was also a second arrival of Celts to Spain during the 6th century AD. Britons fleeing from the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain left the island for Brittany, France as well as Galicia, Spain. However, the Britons of Spain where eventually assimulated by the surrounding culture.

In this timeline the King of León, Alfonso IX, requests mercenaries from a Welsh Prince in the 12th century to fight in the reconquista. Alfonso promises these mercenaries lands in northern Galicia as payment for their service. This Welsh Prince along with a few thousand civilians accompany these mercenaries in resettling in Galicia. These Celtic-Galicians become a ruling minority in Galicia. Over the subsequent centuries the Welsh language these Celts brought over develops into a seperate Brythonic language of its own. This language becomes known as Galician while the Romance language spoken by the majority of Galicia is known as Galician-Portuguese. However, All Galicians consider themselves Celts whether they speak a Celtic language or not. Galicia is known as a Celtic Nation along with Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany.

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[Flag of Galicia]

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[Modern language family map of Western Europe.]
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