Difference between revisions of "Basque language"
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'''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]]. | '''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. | 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]] | + | 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 [[Spanish]] the language is often called euskera. |
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
Revision as of 17:32, March 14, 2013
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 languages. In Basque, the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Spanish the language is often called euskera.