I was curious if any of the linguists on this forum have any ideas on what an Anglo-Saxon Romance language would be like. Now, before any one posts these:
- I don't mean the English adopt Normand as their primary language
- I don't mean Brithenig, which is a Welsh Romance language
-I certainly don't mean the (inaccurate) joke about English already being a Romance language.
What I mean is this - OTL, the Anglo-Saxons were the only Germanic people to migrate into Roman territory and continue speaking a Germanic language. My question is what if they hadn't but, like the Franks, gradually adopted and mutated Vulgar Latin into a new Romance language with West Germanic influences.