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]] 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 | + | 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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| + | 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). | ||
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| + | ==External link== | ||
| + | *[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]. | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
Revision as of 17:51, August 14, 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. 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 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).