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Hello there! 👋 Did you know that Basque is the only preromantic language that persisted even when the Latin died out? It is now spoken in Basque Countries in parts of Northern Spain and Southwestern France.
In this video, Irati García, a Basque teacher who is passionate about reviving the language, will share the art, mythology, and traditions of the Basques.
Book a class with Irati 👉 go.italki.com/LearnBasque
Breakdown:
01:19 Introduction to Euskara
04:24 Basque communities
05:40 Word order
07:54 Basic words
15:48 Basque myths and legends
17:58 Basque culture
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[@mp6471]

It is great that such an ancient language has survived! The fact that there are native Basque speakers nowadays is like if there were native Etruscan speakers in Italy, my country! Long live your old, beautiful Euskara language!

[@sarimmohammed8677]

do you know what etruscan mean?

[@mp6471]

@@sarimmohammed8677 It is an esoethnonym coming from Latin: Etrusci, which is derived from the Etruscan word for Etruscan, ie endoethnonym, which was "Rasna" or "Rasenna".

[@shubunkinnn]

I'm a first generation American of very strong Basque origin. I speak Castellano, Galego and English fluently and my ama and I are trying to learn Euskera together. She was born in Madrid and her parents were from the countryside but grew up during the dictatorship, so the language was lost in my family. We're trying to get it back❤

[@icecoffee907]

I love learning languages and I also love learning about linguistics in general. And when I do my research I find it so sad how there are so many stories about different languages being oppressed and then them slowly dying out.

[@jarnveeboo4446]

@@VaughnRondo no need for so much attitude

[@Carlo-nc9qw]

My thought process almost shut down when I've heard the Basque language for the first time lol. Been interested with this language ever since

[@SpicyMang0s]

Same

[@johnpark9742]

There are some similarities with Korean grammar. Korean too has the same word order, Subject-object-verb. About from, to and in, Korean also put eseo(from), ro(to) and ane(in) at the end. Both Basque and Korean are isolated languages in the same continent (ie. connected by land), one in the west and the other in the east. Interesting!!!

[@cibriosis]

Actually you have said something very interesting indeed and i would like to learn more since there is a n asociation with some dead languages from my part of europe..do tell more if possible

[@johnpark9742]

@@cibriosis Let’s check what is word order like between Basque and Korean. Can you provide a short sentence with 7~8 words in English? Then, I would reply Korean word order with the same sentence.

[@enekoaritzaorreaga]

Isolated lenguages are Basque in Spain and France, Korean in Korea, Ainu in Japan and Russia, Purépecha in Mexico, Burushaski in Pakistan, Mapudungun in Chile and Argentina, or ancient Sumerian in Mesopotamia.

[@tximistarelampago64]

I was born in basque country (iparralde) when i studied japanese ( language known to be close to korean) i realised that some basque words are close to japanese. Toki=Toko Txori=Tori . And of course the subject-object-verb order.

[@reasonableargument645]

It's similar to khalkha-Mongolian "from" which is oos/aas/ees/öös, "to" is ru. Minii naiz ru "to my friend". Interesting.

[@hectorquinones5579]

Awesome video. I wish Duolingo had a course for Basque so bad.

[@Nehauon]

Bah, Duolingo doesn’t help much for fluency anyway

[@user-yh1nm1vy3i]

Duolingo isn’t that good.

[@DirkFVP]

An excellent introduction to the Basque language. Eskerrik asko!

[@alext1467]

If I had such a Basque language teacher at my school, I would go there 10 times every day!🤣 Eskerrik asko bideo zoragarria!

[@renybunjamin5693]

Eskerrik asko Irati, love this language! I will start learning! I am from Indonesia.

[@AnthonyAranguri-zw1cz]

My name is Anthony Acosta Aranguri... My last name Aranguri is synonymous with Aranguren.Valle de Aranguren is a village in Navarre Spain

[@shlamimk4664]

I think one needs an extensive background in learning languages for this😅 Really enjoying the historic background though, thanks for that. Much love solidarity to the Basque country from Wales. Welsh was forbidden at schools up until my grandfather's generation, and the punishment was severe and humiliating for the children. Knowing that about my grandfather's childhood sometimes hurts me even to this day, so I can only imagine the pain that your beautiful, proud and brave people have lived through under a full blown fascist dictatorship. That little peice of your own grandfather's story and the survival story of your nation is deeply moving. There's definately something special about The Basque country.

[@bbqsauce8854]

This is the language of my heritage and I’m 33 and don’t speak any 😢 hopefully I can start here

[@SpicyMang0s]

4 months later how’s it going

[@niamtxiv]

There's no excuse

[@smileyface3956]

​@@niamtxiv yeah true as a croat I learned basque. If I who has no relations with the basque country or even spain (or france) every basque person should speak it. Ni maite zure hitzakuna eta ni nahi bisita zure herria

[@Pirin0719]

basque is so intriguing, i wanna learn at least some basics. i hope it will continue to be spoken.

[@MH-zg5yw]

I learned that my great grandparents are Basque. Sadly, my grandparents lost their cultural heritage due to growing up in the American southwest. They embraced Mexican culture to fit in.

[@kongbanana8947]

Learn basque

[@Nehauon]

@@kongbanana8947not many resources out here sadly

[@stonerainproductions]

I recently discovered I'm part Basque and I'd like to learn the language. I'm enjoying the discovery of my new found heritage very much.

[@humanalien1599]

Thank you! My dad’s side are basque but I never learn cause i move with my mother’s family to New York when I was 2yo

[@chaosunleashed274]

KZbin recommendations: hey, wanna learn a few sentences from a misterious minority language in the Iberian peninsula? Me, a Brazilian who's never been abroad: And what in the world am I supposed to use that for? ... ... Please, teach me everything.

[@plixypl0x]

Timestamps 0:47 - Intro y History 5:06 - Agglutinative 6:39 - loan words 7:06 - compound nouns 7:49 - Basic Words 8:28 - Greetings 9:23 - replies 10:18 - Ask for something 10:39 - Conversation 11:38 - Personal pronouns

[@cherubin7th]

Agglutinative languages are so cool.

[@Nehauon]

Fr, they usually sound cool too!

[@misssilencedogood5968]

YAY! I want to learn my ancestors language thank you for this channel. 💕

[@claudio67362]

I'm a Basque descendant and want to brush up on it,thanks...

[@AttilaDurruti]

Llevo 13 minutos de un video para aprender euskera en inglés, son las 2 de la mañana de un miércoles. Qué coño estoy haciendo con mi vida. Txarto

[@AnthonyAranguri-zw1cz]

My name is Anthony Acosta Aranguren. Soy Mexicano 100% por 100% My last name Aranguren is of Basque orgin. Valle de Aranguren. Navarre Spain

[@johnhesketh7100]

Wonderful!

[@macmcmac4388]

These videos are so cool!!! I love Italki ♥️💛🇺🇲🇪🇸

[@sargafekete_7512]

Its Basque not spanish

[@macmcmac4388]

@@sargafekete_7512 I know it's not Spanish, I put the Spanish flag because they are still part of Spain.

[@gerald4013]

@@macmcmac4388 not all, because a part of the Basque country belongs to France. And anyway, I think many Basques consider themselves as Basque, and not Spanish nor French :-p

[@fjodorrick5790]

@@gerald4013 are you sure about it? Look. Minute 11:59 in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eITbaK2jiMRjrZI

[@longliveavalon]

@@macmcmac4388 cheers mate!

[@johanneswohler5476]

I'm starting to love this language now.

[@timoshenko1971]

I finally understood the ergative case.

[@marclarrea7330]

Milesker for this!!! 🙌🏻

[@lucasravelle11]

so interesting!

[@ANHTUAN_ART]

Basque Country is the cradle of ancient warriors and knights. They are less likely to be immigrated by Portuguese and Mooro people, so they have light skin, red lips, high noses, deep eyes, and look more elegant than other autonomous regions of Spain. Especially, they are a people with a martial spirit and a princely spirit. Typically, A.Bilbao club never buys players originating outside the Basque country. Real Sosiedas as well as 1 opposing team in each Spanish city are royally sponsored vassals. The Basque Country and Basque people are so beautiful an lovely.

[@thenadie8]

It's not a competition.

[@niamtxiv]

Beautiful

[@fastspanish]

Gallego also suffered a banned during 1939-1975.

[@kvici]

A nice video! This explains why I walked across Basque country and did not feel like in Spain at all 😀 And, two tangents: Basque word for "bad" is the same as Slavic for "devil/evil person/monster": 'čert'/'txert' And, I finally know what the knights who say "Ni!" really meant. Self-centered fools 🙂

[@SpicyMang0s]

We require oneeeeee shrubbery!

[@kevinboltz6244]

From someone with a great great Grandmother named Castechourena/Castouchouarena, Thank you!!!!

[@AnthonyAranguri-zw1cz]

I love HER

[@DanTheCaptain]

Well, I’m definitely going to learn this language in the future. I’ve always had an interest in Basque but never really had any concrete plans to learn it. I am learning some other languages at the moment but I think Basque might be bumped a bit on the list of languages to learn.

[@Beanmachine91]

theres basque folk here in Bakersfield, CA. i like eating at Woolgrowers, the fries, wine, and pickled tongue is good.

[@cherubin7th]

11:51 You dodged a bullet XD

[@robotempire]

I don’t understand, “Ni Irati naiz” seems to break the transitive/intransitive rule. “Irati” is the direct object no? I am having trouble knowing how to tell when to use ergative case. Is it just a matter of memorizing? edit: OHhhhhhh Lightbulb! The mark the subject leaves on the verb enables this!

[@lennymcdonald8328]

Irati, sigues dando clases de euskera, o ya no? Voy a San Sebastián en un mes, y me gustaría aprender por lo menos un mínimo de frases en el idioma. Gracias!

[@reasonableargument645]

Thanks. I'm into languages. My language is agglutinative as well and it has the same word order too. It belongs to the Turkic family. Also, there are some words I've learned from your video, and those resemble the words in my language. Egun is kön (in other Turkic languages it's kün) in my language, and it has the same definition (day). Erdi resembles urta which means "middle/centre", yartï means "half".

[@samhess78]

In Malagasy a little bit is kely kely or something like that. Seems to be the same in Basque

[@SebiSthlm]

Aupa Athletic!

[@SatishKumar-mz8du]

Ni satish k naiz. Nice to meet you. 💎🤝🙏💐😎🏁

[@robotempire]

“Berdin!” is like “Ditto!” lmao

[@josevicenteescuderiborra4787]

Eskerrik asko!!!❤❤❤

[@1986Maria1986]

It's all games and fun until Nor-nori-nork appears

[@fjodorrick5790]

And what happened with the Basque in France? Franco also prohibited there to speak basque? Is basque in France nowadays recognised as a local language? Learn the kids in the schools in Basque-France in basque, it's allowed? or only in french?

[@maika4530]

In France, it was forbidden for kids to speak Basque in schools for a long time so most people stopped using it, then people who wanted to keep it alive (wether they knew it or not) started creating basque schools (ikastola). Nowadays, these schools are expanding a lot, however, they are only private schools. In some public schools, you can get basque classes but it is quite rare and it is not enough to be fluent. The basque language has no official status in France, it is mainly used in basque schools, but as the students from the ikastolas are getting older, we can hope that they will directly teach their kids basque and that they will keep the language alive.

[@MarkRE333]

Irati, clicked on your link, but didnt see how to book a lesson with you, are you still active?

[@TeodorLavilota]

El francés, el occitano, el aranés, el catalán, el castellano, ..., son relativamente comprensibles y accesibles, pero el euskera, eso sí que es un reto, apasionante, aprender euskera es como practicar un deporte exigente. French, Occitan, Aranese, Catalan, Castilian, ..., it's relatively understandable and accessible, but Basque, that's a real challenge, exciting, learning Basque is like practicing a demanding sport.

[@normandraymond6041]

Muy interesante! Ni Normand naiz. Eskerrik asko, Irati! Es interesante que las lenguas algonkinas (Anishinâbemowin/Ojibwa, Innu-aimun/Montañés, Nêhiyawêwin/Plain Cree) de Canadá, el pronombre personal "ni" significa exactamente lo mismo que en Euskara, o sea "yo". Y el verbo se pone al final de la frase también. Saludos

[@traperua]

Hay muchos "parentescos". Con el japones-koreano, armenio, dogon, innu, alguna tribu indigena de norteamerica que ahora mismo no me acuerdo. Nunca se ha sabido colocarlo ya que no se determina si es casualidad o hay relaciones. Esta claro que si esas relaciones son reales, se trata de contactos o movimientos migratorios muy antiguos, lo que lo hace mas complicado de determinar.

[@plixypl0x]

At 11:19 when you say "Lepa" it sounds like "yeh-pah". Are all "Ls" pronounced like an English Y?

[@AnthonyAranguri-zw1cz]

I want to learn to speak the Euskara language...

[@puma1304]

kaixo, aqui un descendiente de Araba y Lapurdi. Argentina y Uruguay como destino migratorio estan ok, pero los 2 paises con la inmigracion vasca mas grande son Colombia y Chile! por algo Unamuno decia que los vascos podian considerarse creadores de 2 entes internacionales: la Compañia de Jesus, y la Republica de Chile... gora Euskal Herria!

[@user-wn2jc1ts3x]

Привет

[@samhess78]

Do you think there is a connection between the Basque word Gabon and the African country Gabon?

[@Temujin216]

Los números del Vasco se parecen algo a los del turco.

[@Tigranes-II]

How do you say "water" in the Basque language?

[@basqueinenglish8378]

ura :)

[@longliveavalon]

@@basqueinenglish8378 ordo!

[@Tigranes-II]

We say jur in Armenian;). I have noticed similar words between our languages;)

[@vgjl1824]

Ura

[@vgjl1824]

@@Tigranes-II Yes but, you made a mistake, basque is an no indo-european language, and armenian is an indo-european language

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Hello Irati Garcia, can you please teach me Basque language. Thank you.

[@voidz4606]

I’m 30% Basque

[@Ilvnbeles]

In the case of minbizia that "bizi" means "intense", not "life" but "alive" :D

[@richardstevens4917]

Basque and bashkir were one language 8 thousand years ago. Haplogroup r1b.

[@johnnycreighton29]

Egun on. Ni Gianni Santoscoy naiz. Habían antepasados de mi abuelita Doña Carolina Santoscoy de Padilla. Vivían en Gipuzkoa. Visité al Euskal Herría en 1994 y 1995. Eskerrik asko.

[@samhess78]

Ni is also I in Swahili

[@dannyd112]

wow, you're so beautiful, I love hearing you speak. I am Argentinian and Uruguayan of Spanish and basque ancestry, it makes sense because you said here is a Basque diaspora in those countries, I am proud to be Spanish with beautiful intelligent girls like you. I wish that I could meet you.

[@polyglotjourneyoftimo8479]

I'm here because Real Sociedad and Mikel Oyarzabal.....

[@petertimowreef9085]

Why are the first 45 seconds in the video?

[@duncangriffiths1635]

"We can't stop here-this is Basque country." B)_.

[@iskomaxmin]

Basquetball

[@alva72nashir3]

sounds like central asia language

[@xodzphone]

She's beautiful maybe its an Atlantis language by which her ancestors are clearly from

[@hasansarkaya8982]

This grammer is same Turkish grammer order and some words almost same of Turkish .

[@RobertRod818]

Intersting langualanguage, but too difficult

[@SpicyMang0s]

i find it weird how someone went out of their ways to literally ban a language. Like what???

[@888thisthat]

Euskal herria is stubborn and unconquerable, so the would be conquerors did the best they could with these kinds of culture-banning measures.

[@grantottero4980]

Europe has a long and strong (and awful) tradition of States implementing policies of language bans and eradication of languages for the sake of a more homogeneous society supporting the State. A history whose major champion is France (starting from the middle-ages kingdom of France war against Occitan language and going on in the revolutionary and contemporary ages). But such an example has been copied and followed by many States, throughout European history: the English Crown, Prussian Germany, Norway and Sweden (against Sami languages), Serbian monarchy, post-Unity Italy and Greece, Republican Turkey, inter-wars Czechoslovakia, fascist Italy and Nazi Germany... (and I could also speak about other cases in present-day Europe east of Poland, but I prefer to let them remain unsaid because present-day politics would raise a too much harsh debate up). So, if one considers how much politics, States and languages had always been mixed and how much they have been managed in an authoritarian way, throughout centuries of European history, there is no wonder if something like that happened also in the European country named Spain... Do not trust the European Union propaganda: Europe is NOT, has NEVER been the continent of liberty and of tolerance...

[@deiniou]

What do you mean? It has been done everywhere and all the time!

[@sofiaibero48]

Barka bena Euskal herria eta Euskadi nahastu dututzü. Euskal herriaren baitan Nafarroa, Euskadi, Zuberoa, Baxe nafarroa eta Lapurdi dututzü. Bena zuk Araba, Bizkaia eta Gipuzkoari Euskadi deitu beharrean, Euskal Herria deitu ditutzu eta hori besteoi izena ez ezik legitimitatea kentzea dakar. Euskal herria 7 eskualdeak girelako.

[@basqueinenglish8378]

Kaixo Sofia! eskerrik asko zure iruzkinagatik 2:01 minutuan Bizkaia, Araba eta Gipuzkoa Basque autonomous communitia diñot. Geroxeago, 2:12an Basque country or Euskal herrian horiek gehi beste guztiak aipatzen ditut :)

[@basqueinenglish8378]

Edizioaren arazoa eta gaizkiulertua izan da, eskerrik asko esateagatik

[@vgjl1824]

Ü? Euskaraz? Ni naiz gipuzkoarra eta hemen ez dugu esaten hori

[@enekosansebastian5624]

@@vgjl1824 iparralden hola itten denk

[@b4ttlemast0r]

The form of Basque spoken 2000 years ago is not the same as the modern language, ancient Basque just developed into modern Basque, the same way Latin developed into Spanish. It's not any more "ancient" than any other languages, the special thing about it is only that it is an isolate, surrounded by unrelated languages.

[@user-if5ub9fh7r]

Euskaraz ondo hitz egin nahiko nuke.

[@RavenWolf515]

Could've done w/out the minute intro.

[@gerald4013]

Latin hasn't died, it has evolved and changed name, Modern Latin is called Portuguese, Spanish, French, Catalan, Italian, Romanian, etc.

[@longliveavalon]

Euskera is not Latin

[@definitelyderek5815]

Man, your Proto Indo-European is really good!!

[@AnthonyAranguri-zw1cz]

Euskara is very Different from Spanish... Euskara words are similar to Armenian words

[@XozainAkul]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@deiniou]

of course, it is another language

[@hectorquinones5579]

Latin didn't "die out" just like whatever modern Basque descended from didn't "die out".

[@SomberFlow]

Spain??

[@dukie17]

I am 1% basque on my DNA test can i still be accepted haha

[@deiniou]

euskalduna means the one who has the euskera, learn the language and you shall be one of us technically speaking!

[@grantottero4980]

Maximum of sympathy and support and admiration for the basques, their culture, their beautiful and precious language and for their strong identity. However, I have to remark that it is not correct to define Franco and his regime as "fascist" only because both were authoritarian. "Fascim" is not merely a synonimous of "authoritarianism". If it is true that italian fascism (the ONLY REAL "fascism" in a proper sense) has been (and all other historical forms of "fascisms" in a broader sense, which were NOT ALL the authoritarian regimes of XX century, have been) ALSO authoritarian, this is not sufficient to define it/them. Real fascism(s) was (were) also characterized by certain features like a certain degree of socialism (independently from the fact that during the years of alliance between italian fascism and italian crown they were put aside for reasons of search of the favour of the crown, the nobles, the rich, the army: they returned, they once more surfaced, during the years 1943-1945 of the fascist and officially called "Italian Social" Republic, and they remained in the post-World-War-II neo-fascist movements), and other features like the importance of the unique party and its military organizations, the push towards the absolute supremacy of the State even over religions, even over the Catholic church, and a certain degree of a return to heathen myths. None of this features were present in Franco and its regime, which cannot correctly be defined "fascist". Franco merely (and only tactically) make use of and abused the (truly) fascist movement of the "Falange Española" which had remained without a leadership after the murder of its leader Primo de Rivera, until he (Franco) managed to merge it with a totally different political subject like the "Comunión Tradicionalista" and to transform it into nothing more than a governmental office. Franco and his regime were not fascist: they were authoritarian and reactionary-traditionalist. It is a different thing. Moreover, if it is true that the Italian troops and Italian legionary air forces (but this latter mainly in air combats against republican Air Force, not so much in bombing) had been of great help to Franco's armies, it is NOT true that italians bombed Guenica/Gernika: the city was bombed ONLY by GERMAN aircrafts. And it is not fully certain that the bombing had been really requested by Francoist high command. I wrote the words above even if I was conscious that the video mainly concerns linguistics, not history, and I wrote them with no intent of diminishing the high value of basque culture, language and heritage, but only because some hints to history had been made which were not exact, in my opinion, and for the sake of historical accuracy. Apart from this, maximum of appreciation for the video and for basque culture, by me... Thanks for your attention.

[@Downsize1940]

Why is this intro so long

[@shadetreader]

Anyone familiar with this history can understand why the ETA formed.

[@thehungryyankee]

The least Basque music intro ever ffs 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@samhess78]

I don't think there is enough evidence to call Basque a language isolate.

[@sarimmohammed8677]

hi i have strong evidence about basque language if intrested pls contaact i see you have a intrest you will be surprise

[@AnthonyAranguri-zw1cz]

Basque people can be traced from Anotolian people...

[@giovigiova]

this lengueg is not importan..

[@longliveavalon]

So what is your issue? Let me guess you are Italian!

[@giovigiova]

@@longliveavalon i ' m from Argentina

[@longliveavalon]

@@giovigiova I love Argentina!

[@longliveavalon]

@@giovigiova Cheers mate!🇦🇷

[@giovigiova]

@Ir liz however the oldest language in the world is Tamil

[@TheMoonKatShow]

Yay i can finally learn that basque language 🥲🖤🖤🖤

[@basqueinenglish8378]

If you want to start learning Basque in a fun way, check out my Basque minicourse for beginners, with almost 4 hours of content and extra material. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 get it on www.basqueinenglish.com/courses

[@sarimmohammed8677]

origin of basque intrested?