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Well, first, excuse any noobages; as much I like history and linguistics,I do not have any formal study on them. Bear with me:p

I've been thinking about the impact of language on a frontier zone and its cultural effects. How much a different language would change the culture/ethos of a certain group?

For example: how much difference would it make if the Prussians haven't been Germanized, much like Courland/Livonia/Estonia? How different would Saxony be with a Slavic/Lusatian-speaking substract? How different was Cantabria/Asturias from basque-speaking Navarre? What difference would a Uralic Norway or a Germanic Hungary make?

I'm not talking about changing the royal lines, but merely changing the language of the populace. Would it have any difference on history before the age of Romantic Nationalism?
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