Basque language - Revision history

DavidB4-bot: Spelling, Grammar, and General Cleanup

2017-08-29T19:54:04Z

Spelling, Grammar, and General Cleanup

DavidE: internal link

2017-08-15T16:36:41Z

internal link

Javierme: ''euskera'' and ''eskuara'' are widely used

2017-08-14T18:06:50Z

''euskera'' and ''eskuara'' are widely used

Javierme: research (on) the language

2017-08-14T17:58:02Z

research (on) the language

Javierme: language names don't need to be capitalised in Basque (unlike in German or in English)

2017-08-14T17:51:54Z

language names don't need to be capitalised in Basque (unlike in German or in English)

1990'sguy at 17:57, August 13, 2017

2017-08-13T17:57:28Z

Javierme at 17:55, August 13, 2017

2017-08-13T17:55:36Z

Gentenaar at 23:43, March 19, 2017

2017-03-19T23:43:59Z

Onestone at 17:32, March 14, 2013

2013-03-14T17:32:41Z

Tbowen at 21:27, November 28, 2011

2011-11-28T21:27:36Z

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 '''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]].
 It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European language]]s.
-In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. That is, Basque is an [[ergative versus accustive patterns|ergative language]]. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>''Euskera'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary [http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>''Eskuara'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara''''' is the preferred variant).
+In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. That is, Basque is an [[ergative versus accustive patterns|ergative language]]. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai ''Euskera'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary]</ref> and ''eskuara'',<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai ''Eskuara'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary]</ref> '''''euskara''''' is the preferred variant).
 The [[Royal Academy of the Basque Language]], ''Euskaltzaindia'', was founded in 1919 in order to research the language and to safeguard it. This Academy formulates rules for the normalisation of the language, thus promoting an academic standard (called ''euskara batua'', wich means unified Basque).
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+==External links==
 *[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4173:erakundearen-berri-en&catid=78:ren-berri&lang=en ''Euskaltzaindia'', Academy of the Basque Language].

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 '''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]].
 It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European language]]s.
-In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>''Euskera'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary [http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>''Eskuara'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara''''' is the preferred variant).
+In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. That is, Basque is an [[ergative versus accustive patterns|ergative language]]. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>''Euskera'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary [http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>''Eskuara'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara''''' is the preferred variant).
 The [[Royal Academy of the Basque Language]], ''Euskaltzaindia'', was founded in 1919 in order to research the language and to safeguard it. This Academy formulates rules for the normalisation of the language, thus promoting an academic standard (called ''euskara batua'', wich means unified Basque).

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 '''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]].
 It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European language]]s.
-In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara''''' is the preferred variant).
+In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>''Euskera'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary [http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>''Eskuara'' entry in Euskaltzaindia's on-line dictionary[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara''''' is the preferred variant).
-The Royal Academy of the Basque Language, ''Euskaltzaindia'', was founded in 1919 in order to research the language and to safeguard it. This Academy formulates rules for the normalisation of the language, thus promoting an academic standard (called ''euskara batua'', wich means unified Basque).
+The [[Royal Academy of the Basque Language]], ''Euskaltzaindia'', was founded in 1919 in order to research the language and to safeguard it. This Academy formulates rules for the normalisation of the language, thus promoting an academic standard (called ''euskara batua'', wich means unified Basque).
 ==Refererences==

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 '''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]].
 It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European language]]s.
-In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara'''' is the preferred variant).
+In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara''''' is the preferred variant).
-The Royal Academy of the Basque Language was founded in 1919 in order to research on the language and to safeguard it. This Academy formulates rules for the normalisation of the language, thus promoting an academic standard (''euskara batua'', unified Basque).
+The Royal Academy of the Basque Language, ''Euskaltzaindia'', was founded in 1919 in order to research the language and to safeguard it. This Academy formulates rules for the normalisation of the language, thus promoting an academic standard (called ''euskara batua'', wich means unified Basque).
 ==External link==

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 '''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]].
 It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European language]]s.
-In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is officially called ''Euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist).
+In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara'''' is the preferred variant).
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