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]] languages. | It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European]] languages. | ||
| − | In Basque, the subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. | + | In Basque, the subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. A much more comprehensive and informative article on Basque (both the language and the people) is available on Wikipedia, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language the Basque Language]. |
[[category: languages]] | [[category: languages]] | ||
Revision as of 00:13, May 27, 2008
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 is in the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. A much more comprehensive and informative article on Basque (both the language and the people) is available on Wikipedia, at the Basque Language.