The Neolithic Hypothesis (Latin et al.)

[JoatSimeon at aol.com]

>X99Lynx at aol.com writes:

>Could PIE like Latin have turned something like a Gallic into a French?>

-- Latin didn't "turn Gallic into French".  It _replaced_ the Gallic
language(s).  People stopped speaking Celtic and started speaking Latin, over
a period of some centuries.  All that was left of Gallic was some loan words
and possibly a few grammatical influences.