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| − | Basque | + | '''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>[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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| + | ==Refererences== | ||
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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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| + | [[Category:France]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:54, August 29, 2017
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. That is, Basque is an ergative language. In Basque, the language is called euskara (although dialect spellings exist, such as euskera[1] and eskuara,[2] 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).