How well would the Rhine river work as defensive line

There's a BIG difference between speaking a Latin-derived language that is simply a dialect (or closely related proto-language) that is related to "French", versus speaking German or Dutch. For example no one ever calls US Southern dialect speakers a minority for speaking an off-standard English (though they are often ridiculed in media as unintelligent for speaking in such a dialect).

As are a number of other regional accents/dialects. Just not to the same extent. Yah der, hey der. Don't yah know.
 
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