For linguists, the uniqueness of the Basque language is an unsolved mystery. For native speakers, long oppressed, it's a source of pride.
  • interolivary@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Yesss, linguistic isolates. It’s so odd that there’s no sign of Basque’s relatives anywhere in the vicinity; it’s not like the Basque country itself is isolated. Somehow you’d just expect that there’d be some other survivors from the language family