why is french the only romance language spoken in northern Europe?

Question

it seems all the others are spoken in southern Europe. How can it be that French is the only romance language spoken in a northern European country?

Answer 1

because , ,french people from the north aren't latin people
but germanic and celtic people

franks people are the last people who conquirer of france
they was germanic , but when clovis their king became a catholic , he forgot his god like odin,thor ect.
people franks begun to speak latin,and begun to be christians

also in the kingdom of franks there was a lot of celtics
people [the real native people of france]
so when celtic and germanic influences join to latin
this mix created the old french language .

but the way , france was have most latin influences than england ,germany ect. .
this influence came by the roman colonization
and the catholicism.

actulay french people are mix of celtic,germanic and latins people

french from origins latins are most in the south
germanic and celtic are in the north -east,north and north-west

french is the most germanic/celtic language of romance languages
like english is the most latin of germanic languages.

Answer 2

The Romans simply found northern Europe to be too cold . In fact, one Roman Emperor, Septimus Severus was making great progress in his war against the Picts in northern Scotland ( 208 A.D.) until a frigid Scottish winter forced him and his army to retreat to York where he died, probably from pneumonia.

The Romans were accustomed to the warmer weather of Italy and the Mediterranean region even though their Indo-European ancestors probably came from some place further north near the Baltic Sea.

There is some evidence that the climates of England and northern France were warmer than they are today at the time the Romans were there. Still, the Romans never had colonies there of the magnitude that they had in Asia Minor, Spain or the Riviera.

In England and northwestern Gaul (France), some of the indigenous Celtic languages like Breton, Cornish, Welsh and Cumbrian (Northumbrian) were still intact at the time the Roman legions withdrew in the early parts of the 5th century A.D. Also, St. Jerome writing around the year 400 informs us that Celtic was still spoken in the town of Augusta Trevorum (Trier) in western Germany.

All of this suggests that the native peoples of these areas were only thinly Romanized at most and all on account of colder weather.

Answer 3

To say that French is Romance language is not accurate as it is mixed with Celtic and German. When you hear French, it sounds very different from other languages considered more Romance like Italian and Spanish.
French is the most Germanic/Celtic language of Romance languages like English is the most Latin of Germanic languages.

Answer 4

It's history. Romance languages began somewhere in Italy. Germanic and Teutonic languages began somewhere along the southern Baltic coast.

Consider the areas that Rome conquered and held for a long time, like Gaul, which became France; so Latin was a major influence there. But they couldn't hold German territories for very long, so it wasn't such a huge influence.

Answer 5

Because France was more deeply "romanized" by the Romans than England or other northern countries where people were of german or saxon origin. Romans languages are basically vulgarized latin which transformed itslef over time

Answer 6

If you consider Romania northern Europe, then Romanian, also a romance language developed from Latin is also spoken.