Basque - A Language of Mystery

This video is all about the mysteries of Euskara - the Basque language of the Basque people in Europe.
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Thanks to Juan José Oñate for his audio samples of Basque.
Source for info at the 2:50 mark: www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/0...
Example sentences taken from “A Brief Grammer of Euskara, the Basque Language” by Itziar Laka, University of the Basque Country. pubman.mpdl.mpg.de/pubman/item...
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Outro song: "Cromag Beat" by Silent Partner.
Intro track 1: "Tribal War Council" by Doug Maxwell and Media Right.

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  • @amarkitos1893
    @amarkitos18933 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I'm a native Basque speaker and I must admit I'm really impressed. Everything you've said is accurate af. Congratulations, this is an amazing video and it is clear that you have made a great deal of research. I hope you continue making such good videos.

  • @enekoabasolo2106

    @enekoabasolo2106

    3 жыл бұрын

    Esanten bazenun thanks ere ondo egongo zen denbora gutxigo egiteko

  • @heidivanloosbroek8095

    @heidivanloosbroek8095

    3 жыл бұрын

    So.. do you have Rh-negative blood? 😏🤔😁

  • @amarkitos1893

    @amarkitos1893

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@heidivanloosbroek8095 No I don't

  • @jaenrub

    @jaenrub

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm curious if it's true and known to basque people that back when Philippines was a spanish colony, a lot of spanish migrated to Philippines are basque and where we got names like Iñaki ?

  • @stevenduvall2549

    @stevenduvall2549

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's fascinating. How many languages do you speak?

  • @OriginalSoundtrack
    @OriginalSoundtrack8 жыл бұрын

    Some interesting facts about basque (I'm basque): "Water" is said "ur" in modern basque, but in the ancient basque it was said "iz". Modern basque words including "iz" are: "izerdi", in english "sweat" (literally "half water"); "izotz", in english "ice" (literally "cold water"); "izurde", in english "dolphin" (literally "water pig"). Basques had its own 'pagan' religion (with its mythology). But betwen 10th and 17th century the Church supressed basque religion. Its said that the basque lenguage was alredy spoken when men were living in caves. Its easy to imagine the people back then saying: ur/iz (water), su (fire), zur (wood), aiz (rock), lur (ground), ke (smoke), jo (hit), jan (eat), lan (work), lor (achieve)... Actually "axe" is said "aizkora", which includes the word "aiz" (rock) on it. So its posible that when basque was ""created"" the axes were still made out of rocks.

  • @oriolcanalborrachero6344

    @oriolcanalborrachero6344

    8 жыл бұрын

    me encanta vuestra cultura! (soy catalán jaja)

  • @OriginalSoundtrack

    @OriginalSoundtrack

    8 жыл бұрын

    Oriol Canal Borrachero Y a mi la vuestra! (tengo familia en Santa Coloma de Gramenet jaja)

  • @oriolcanalborrachero6344

    @oriolcanalborrachero6344

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mena cerca de mi pueblo!

  • @totalitaer.

    @totalitaer.

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mena Interesting that the basque word Izquierda (left) made it into the spanish language. Is the IZ in izquierda also related to water? Iz for water seems to derive from the sound water makes when flowing. The same seems to be true for other languages. In Germany small streams are dubbed Bach, or Ach / Rach in dialect. This is obviously related to the sound created by flowing water. I wonder whether one can trace down aqua/agua to the sound of water flowing.

  • @OriginalSoundtrack

    @OriginalSoundtrack

    8 жыл бұрын

    +wwwtotalitaerde Don't think so, because the word "left" in euskera is not "IZquierda" but "EZkerra". And it comes from "esku okerra" (ezkerra) which means 'wrong hand'. On the other hand, the word "right" is said "eskuma" (or "eskubi" in some dialects), and "esku" means "hand". This could be an evidence of something modern humans still do, which is relating the sides (right/left) with the hands. How did we learn the sides on school? Thats right, using our hands. About the sound of the water... It sounds "glub-glub" to me xD

  • @britishbanananugget3723
    @britishbanananugget37237 ай бұрын

    It’s been over 7 years since this video was uploaded, and I’m very proud of how far this channel has come in reach, and stayed very authentic and consistent. You’re a legend, Paul.

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 😊 Well, the number of subscribers doesn’t mean much anymore, but the channel’s still doing alright 👍🏻 I’ll keep doing this as long as it’s viable. You never know what’s going to happen with algorithms and whatnot.

  • @danielimmortuos666

    @danielimmortuos666

    4 ай бұрын

    It just occurred to me I’ve been watching his channel for almost a decade!

  • @Flugs0

    @Flugs0

    2 ай бұрын

    i'm so happy this channel exists

  • @nebulicdisaster3351
    @nebulicdisaster33512 жыл бұрын

    I have mad respect for the Basque speakers, not only did they survive for 12,000 years of constant speaking. But they survived the Indo European expansion, The Celtic Expansion, the Roman Expansion, The Spanish speaking World, the Arab expansion, and now the English speaking world, if I’m not wrong I think the Germanic tribe invasion after the fall of Rome. And possible many more invasive things. Your people probably went through hell to keep this amazing language alive and active. Mad respect

  • @HYDROCARBON_XD

    @HYDROCARBON_XD

    Жыл бұрын

    12,000 years? Basque is just like 6000 years like most European languages

  • @rrorriMkcalB

    @rrorriMkcalB

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HYDROCARBON_XD I think truthfully we don’t really know exactly how old the language is… but I feel like 6,000 is probably a closer estimate? but what do I know

  • @roberfred760

    @roberfred760

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@HYDROCARBON_XD much older

  • @Jiub_SN

    @Jiub_SN

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HYDROCARBON_XD are you stupid or did you not watch the video?

  • @AmicusAdastra

    @AmicusAdastra

    11 ай бұрын

    @@roberfred760 how do u know

  • @HumanistAtheist
    @HumanistAtheist4 жыл бұрын

    I found this video today, 3 years after it was published, celebrating 50,000 subs. The channel is now at 700,000. Dude, nice job. :-)

  • @Erik_C_251

    @Erik_C_251

    4 жыл бұрын

    Trader Vic saw first time today and thought same thing also. Happy for you Paul.

  • @namebp

    @namebp

    4 жыл бұрын

    Trader Vic nice job? No thanks to you, so stop being a patronizing asshole and just enjoy the video.

  • @Erik_C_251

    @Erik_C_251

    4 жыл бұрын

    Vasily Krushev hebwas giving congratulations to Paul for a job well done not patronizing. Stop being dick head.

  • @tatsuyasan4101

    @tatsuyasan4101

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Erik_C_251 rightly said brother👌

  • @caiquemarlon5579

    @caiquemarlon5579

    4 жыл бұрын

    Almost 760K now, so happy for him :)

  • @itziarunciti5087
    @itziarunciti50873 жыл бұрын

    "Emakume", in english "woman", is made up of two words : "eman" (in english "give") + "(k)ume" (in english "child). Almost all the words in basque are compound words by base-words (which are usually monosyllabic). The meaning of the compound word is the relationship between the meanings of the base words.

  • @TheZenytram

    @TheZenytram

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is the case system also like this? Like a ancient word that they glue it together to the nouns

  • @alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838

    @alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838

    3 жыл бұрын

    Feminists: “wait that’s illegal”

  • @ishtar2848

    @ishtar2848

    3 жыл бұрын

    @itziar unciti: what's the word for man?

  • @itziarunciti5087

    @itziarunciti5087

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ishtar2848 Gizon: Giza+on. "Giza(ki)" means "human" and "On" means "good".

  • @ishtar2848

    @ishtar2848

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@itziarunciti5087 thank you for the quick answer 👍

  • @erlgr
    @erlgr Жыл бұрын

    I'm a native Basque speaker as well, I also speak Spanish and English like most of the Basque speakers in this comment section. I really like how basque and non-basque people are interacting and asking questions in this comment section, it's nice to be able to talk about this with people around the world :) Cheers, y'all!

  • @t.ist666
    @t.ist666 Жыл бұрын

    Long-timer Langfocus fan here. I was just revisiting this video. I had totally forgot that it opened with you rejoicing and reflecting on hitting 50,000 subscribers. It's January 2023 right now and you're up to 1.4 million - incredible! You must have put in so much time and hard work to get here, Paul. I for one (as well as at least 1.4 million others) appreciate and enjoy your videos. Grazie mille, danke schön, terih makasih, merci, harigato and thank you!!!

  • @vidcas1711
    @vidcas17118 жыл бұрын

    Now we get to Basque in the glory of this language.

  • @rinkokonoe8644

    @rinkokonoe8644

    8 жыл бұрын

    ahhh

  • @swagycomrad52

    @swagycomrad52

    8 жыл бұрын

    gg

  • @aristotle358

    @aristotle358

    7 жыл бұрын

    +VIDCAs17 Well funny! :-)

  • @axisboss1654

    @axisboss1654

    7 жыл бұрын

    If I make a Conlang based off of Basque. Basque wouldn't be an isolate anymore. I don't really like isolates so I should make a Lang similar to Basque

  • @aristotle358

    @aristotle358

    7 жыл бұрын

    Wario Toad 32 "based off of..." That makes no grammatical sense. Master basic English grammar first, then we might understand your comment.

  • @whoamireally6422
    @whoamireally64223 жыл бұрын

    I am basque, I speak basque thanks to school. A lot of students complain about the fact that it's almost compulsory to study every subject in that language. I think it's great, even if sometimes people whose mother tongue is spanish hace difficulties to express fully with the teachers or in essays and exams. The only way to protect it is by making it a big part of our culture, it's fragile, it's beautiful and very special. Euskara babestu!

  • @loumachado6447

    @loumachado6447

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe I am Basque. One of the highest concentration of people with Rh negative blood is in this area. My Mothers maiden name is Francesena.... also there’s a link to the Basque and Atlantean’s 🤗

  • @pellobikandiortega3829

    @pellobikandiortega3829

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pbj4184 It doesn't have a cost. People naturally converge their speaking into various laguages. The esperanto was basically what you are saying, and it didn't work, people just don't want to lose their cultural richness

  • @pellobikandiortega3829

    @pellobikandiortega3829

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pbj4184 Incentives to forget your mother language will never exist. Language is apart from a communication tool, a cultural expression, and eradicating a language will never have a positive impact on anything.

  • @Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht

    @Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pbj4184 I would say language as a mean of identification and heritage emphasis is enough reason wanting to preserve it, is it not?

  • @Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht

    @Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pbj4184 hey dude, I despise taxes too.

  • @leomuar1286
    @leomuar12862 жыл бұрын

    I am Basque and I have to admit that I love to see people from other countries that are not spain speak about our language so that more people know it

  • @soilareyes7967

    @soilareyes7967

    Жыл бұрын

    hello my name is soila. i came to this video by doing research on my name. is it true that soila means simple

  • @leomuar1286

    @leomuar1286

    Жыл бұрын

    @@soilareyes7967 Yeah, it has more meanings but simple is one of them.

  • @tasospat4919

    @tasospat4919

    10 ай бұрын

    My girlfriend and I went to Bilbao end of this April (1 week ago from the time I'm writing this comment). We both speak Spanish and love Spain in general and were excited to discover Bilbao which is a beautiful city. However we were surprised that we didn't hear many people speak Basque between each other. Like even when we watched Athletic vs Sevilla we heard people speak Spanish to each other. Nonetheless it's good that officially it's still around and being taught as well as there being signs in Basque. It's a unique language and should be preserved. Btw we were speaking Greek to each other (because we're from Greece) and an old lady on the street suddenly was staring at us so then we thought maybe from a distance she thought we were speaking Basque and was surprised 😂

  • @leomuar1286

    @leomuar1286

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tasospat4919 Yeah, in the cities like Donostia, Gasteiz or Bilbao there are much fewer people who speak Basque than in smaller towns. I suppose it will be because in general the cities attract a lot more people from outside the Basque Country. Aniways, hope this info helps you and you are doing well there in greece

  • @mimi-hm2ez
    @mimi-hm2ez2 жыл бұрын

    I'm Japanese, and had a sense of affinity for Basque language. The Basque grammar is like SOV, just like Japanese.

  • @erlgr

    @erlgr

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn, I was wondering why some phrases I tried to learn/read in Japanese were kind of "comfortable" for me while so many people had issues when trying to get the meanings in the correct order. TIL!

  • @hollyhockgod

    @hollyhockgod

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm basque and I'm learning Japanese, and I have found some funny coincidences between the two: japanese: 鳥。 basque: txori 「チョリ」 japanese: ◯◯だ。 basque: ◯◯da. japanese: ばかり。 basque: bakarrik. Also, one of the basque gods, the dragon Sugaar, in some places is called Sugoi, as Suge= 蛇 and Goi=上. So it's literally すごい.

  • @theoneitself

    @theoneitself

    Жыл бұрын

    The same applies for Quechua (a South American native language) it is SOV !!! So many "isolated" non Proto Indo European languages that use SOV

  • @asgerhougardmikkelsen8770

    @asgerhougardmikkelsen8770

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@theoneitself about 45% of languages use that word order

  • @abelpower

    @abelpower

    10 ай бұрын

    There is a Japanese Woman with a very good basque level she translated some basque books into Japanese and some Japanese books into basque.

  • @martinjauregui1c
    @martinjauregui1c6 жыл бұрын

    I'm Basque and very proud because of your video, you did a very good job describing this beautiful lenguage! _Eskerrik asko, adiskide!_

  • @Outoftime11

    @Outoftime11

    5 жыл бұрын

    Igerrogog kzread.info/dash/bejne/mH-M0NxyibDHaaQ.html

  • @sayantanadak8128

    @sayantanadak8128

    5 жыл бұрын

    bro u are spanish first..... u should proud of that

  • @xabierlexartza

    @xabierlexartza

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ni euskalduna naiz eta harro nago. Espanola EZ naiz. You cannot be proud of being a Spaniard ... Spain is PAIN. @@sayantanadak8128

  • @turkoositerapsidi

    @turkoositerapsidi

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@xabierlexartza XD

  • @MaialenAlonsooficial

    @MaialenAlonsooficial

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sayantanadak8128 no, he is human first and basque second 😂

  • @aimarab666
    @aimarab6663 жыл бұрын

    Dude, I am basque, so proud of it, and I do speak basque, it is compulsory to learn it in school, and we always try not to loose our language. Thanks for showin it to the world

  • @iamtheballerr

    @iamtheballerr

    3 жыл бұрын

    I need to learn that language.

  • @alpacamale2909

    @alpacamale2909

    3 жыл бұрын

    Idiotas como Franco lo entendieron mal, el Vasco es parte de España y nos enriquece a todos.

  • @papaicebreakerii8180

    @papaicebreakerii8180

    3 жыл бұрын

    Didn’t know Quavo was from the Basque Country

  • @ldmtag

    @ldmtag

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@edwinhidalgo1242 DNA proves nothing. Being basque or in my case being russian is, first of all, a cultural thing. Though I agree you with those 5% would always be more basque than any random person with the same language and culture knowlege but without any genetic similarities.

  • @Hasaocaman

    @Hasaocaman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ldmtag It literally proves where you come from.What the damn hell are you talking about?I'm Turkish but if I have 35% English DNA and %20 Turkish DNA,then I am genetically English.(Which is possible because European Huns(which are Turkic)caused Anglo-Saxons to be born.)

  • @jaimemunoz5148
    @jaimemunoz51489 ай бұрын

    I’ve been watching your videos for a few years and I’m very very impressed with your knowledge of so many languages. I was born in California from Mexican parents. My great grandfather moved to Sinaloa Mexico from the Basque country. I was lucky enough to visit the Spain and drive north all the way to San Sebastián. It is a beautiful area of Spain and I can see people that reminds me of my family.. thank you for all your fantastic work…!

  • @basquo2
    @basquo22 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for bringing light to Euskera. We need more people like you that are lovers of language in this world. I am a Basque American, have only learned about half of the language, but have immersed myself deeply in our culture and history. Many many thanks. Eskerrik asko

  • @malfestioscafe404

    @malfestioscafe404

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alajaina, hori benetako Euskal abizen bat da JAJAJAJ.

  • @irishboy06

    @irishboy06

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ondo esanda

  • @Nerea810
    @Nerea8103 жыл бұрын

    Hello! I'm a basque native speaker, I have spoken Basque and Spanish since I was little. I came across your video and I loved it 😄 It's great that a person who lives far from here can explain the language in such a good way. Basque is really difficult to learn, it requires patience and effort; however, I encourage people to do it, because it is beautiful!

  • @goutd0utopic138

    @goutd0utopic138

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because it came from Armenia

  • @ldmtag

    @ldmtag

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is basque related to etruscan as some enthusiasts say? Have you tried reading etruscan scripts? I tried reading them in russian and now I'm pretty confident russian-etruscan relation theories is pseudo-science.

  • @KhalidAli-jc7cv

    @KhalidAli-jc7cv

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can you teach me basqu language

  • @BB-bt1kn

    @BB-bt1kn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Basque girls are really dificult to catch.

  • @vgjl1824

    @vgjl1824

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@goutd0utopic138 Armenia?? Hahaha is a no indoeuropean language

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF4 жыл бұрын

    The best comment section I've ever seen with so many fascinating contributions. Thank you people - Basque culture is amazing

  • @andresperedo1275
    @andresperedo12752 жыл бұрын

    As Spaniard from a region without any other language than Castillian, I think it would be really cool if every school teaches as a third language one of the other co-oficial languages of the country. I think that would be very enriching. And basque, of course, is so cool and weird and unique! A pity they didn't teach me that!

  • @leireads.

    @leireads.

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm basque, and since we are kids we speak basque. I wouldn't be able to learn basque if I wasn't native hdhdhshs

  • @maarkeel04

    @maarkeel04

    Жыл бұрын

    @@leireads. me neither, baldintzas are difficult and also deklinabidea

  • @yimveerasak3543

    @yimveerasak3543

    Жыл бұрын

    Your idea is worth an implementation. It enriches Spain.

  • @andresperedo1275

    @andresperedo1275

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yimveerasak3543 Yes, but it will never happen. The mentality in the right wing is still Spanish nationalistic and their politicians framed a lot of their campaigns in the context of "not giving up to the peripherial nationalisms" (So Spanish nationalism after all)

  • @Albergarri788

    @Albergarri788

    Жыл бұрын

    DIOS imagínate poder elegir aprender vasco como opción, sería increíbles. Me abriría las puertas para seguir aprendiendo por mí mismo. Y podríamos ser más empáticos con la gente que usa indistintamente el español y su lengua regional. Sería maravilloso

  • @RodrigoDiazUreta
    @RodrigoDiazUreta11 ай бұрын

    Congratulations!! I am thirth generation, My second last name is Ureta from Bilbao! I love this Language, thank you for teaching this! All my support from 🇨🇱. And obviosly I will follow you

  • @YamenX0
    @YamenX06 жыл бұрын

    And now, Paul, you have about 400K subscribers. I'm rooting for you.

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    6 жыл бұрын

    I like German! I just don't know German (aside from being able to read some basic words). I wish I could learn every language.

  • @sarracene

    @sarracene

    5 жыл бұрын

    good thing that it's been promised that one would be able to understand every language in heaven..

  • @Inseut

    @Inseut

    5 жыл бұрын

    Already 500.000 :)

  • @StellaCarey

    @StellaCarey

    5 жыл бұрын

    506K

  • @rachelfiedler1657
    @rachelfiedler16575 жыл бұрын

    There is a pretty large Basque community in the US (Boise, Idaho specifically) that have basque language preschools and festivals ( and some really good restaurants too).

  • @an4contre

    @an4contre

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wait, what? Do they also speak Basque? :O

  • @barbarapolhamius5980

    @barbarapolhamius5980

    5 жыл бұрын

    Also here in central California, especially near Fresno.

  • @Beatles0223

    @Beatles0223

    4 жыл бұрын

    @pepe0801 But Boise, Idaho???

  • @seleneyang2938

    @seleneyang2938

    4 жыл бұрын

    from the Basques: the God is everywhere, but we Basques already are everywhere

  • @bLaKeAnThOnY0

    @bLaKeAnThOnY0

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I’m from Nampa, a city just outside of Boise. My soccer coach and his family are basque

  • @alexrodriguez4643
    @alexrodriguez46433 жыл бұрын

    Watching this again after passing one million subscribers puts a smile on my face. Love your videos.

  • @Simplicius95
    @Simplicius954 жыл бұрын

    Im from Andalucia(south Spain) and for me, the Basque language and folklore is the native culture of all the peninsule before the celtic and roman invasion, im proud of have this people in my country and the rest of the country should learn about them

  • @metacosmos

    @metacosmos

    4 жыл бұрын

    do you know that in Tartessos they spoke too an Iberian language related to the Basque ?

  • @metacosmos

    @metacosmos

    4 жыл бұрын

    consiste en odiar todo lo madrileño por considerarlo de tarados, comparados con ellos que son tan fuertes y puros.

  • @barbatvs8959

    @barbatvs8959

    4 жыл бұрын

    My first video is me as a Spanish conquistador with real armour. I am an Iberian of the original stock, not Germanic like light-eyed Visigoths that dominate Spain today politically. I am very interested in Basque. I met Basques in Miami. They looked like ordinary Spaniards. It is their language that is different. The whole Latin-replaced-Basque-and-other-Iberian-tongues explanation fits the racial near-identicalness of Basques and their neighbours. The Spanish Empire was the coolest, and bigger than the Mongol since the latter would drown in the Spanish lake, the Pacific Ocean!

  • @palossmosti6122

    @palossmosti6122

    4 жыл бұрын

    MIGUEL DAEWOO y en hacer volar a Carrero, el cabron no pagó ni el viaje de vuelo

  • @palossmosti6122

    @palossmosti6122

    4 жыл бұрын

    MIGUEL DAEWOO soy Vasco pero considero a la banda ETA terroristas y asesinos, ahora bien, estos rojos cabrones hicieron bien en llevarse al puto infierno a algunos de los fascistas que atormentaron españa durante 36 años

  • @xabier1375
    @xabier13758 жыл бұрын

    Good video. Very well explained. I'm Basque and native Basque speaker and I can say that all explanations were perfect. Anyways, the efforts on reviving Basque is not being done by this post-Francoist government we have, but by the Basque government. Thanks a lot! Eskerrik asko!

  • @panchovilla7744

    @panchovilla7744

    8 жыл бұрын

    The central government hasen't done much, but they gave the basque country the administrative competency ro do it, unlike in France where it is not official or taught in schools

  • @inkms

    @inkms

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tampoco te pases, es cierto que el PP o partidos como Ciudadanos son muy centralistas, pero en general los gobiernos de España durante la democracia han sido relativamente comprensivos en cuanto al euskera. Por eso hay enseñanza en euskera y cada vez hay más hablantes nativos. Tan solo compara la situación con Francia, aquí la cosa esta mucho mejor. Te lo digo como canario de ascendencia euskalduna (también lo hablo), que creo que tengo un punto de vista casi imparcial.

  • @ValetudoTime

    @ValetudoTime

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Iñaki Martín Soroa Perdona que te diga que lo de la educación y las autonomías no empezó con esta "democracia" sino con las 2nda republica en 1931, donde los estatutos de autonomía de pís vasco y navarra ya existían, mi abuela estudío en una ikastola desde 1931 hasta 1936.

  • @panchovilla7744

    @panchovilla7744

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ValetudoTime pero en esta democracia se tomo la decisión de volverlas a implantar pudiendo haber elegido un sistema mas centralista ya que en ese momento los nacionalismos estaban relativamente débiles, sobre todo el catalán

  • @inkms

    @inkms

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ValetudoTime Tienes razón, pero cualquier cosa que hicieran en la segunda republica se vio anulado por el franquismo por lo que se tuvo que empezar de 0.

  • @TrapShooter68
    @TrapShooter683 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why it took KZread 4 years to recommend this. I'm fascinated about the movement of peoples across Europe and the world. Thanks for this great video!

  • @lrm3383
    @lrm33837 ай бұрын

    Very good job. Congratulations. I'm a Brazilian physician who loves foreign languages and I must say your videos are great. I hope you have received the recognition you deserve, back home.

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I'm glad you like my videos. But the work you do is much more important.

  • @lumbro5448
    @lumbro54487 жыл бұрын

    as basque, i'm grateful to you. Thank you for uploading this video

  • @jongochongo1370

    @jongochongo1370

    7 жыл бұрын

    pasa tocayo

  • @lumbro5448

    @lumbro5448

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jongo Chongo de donde eres?

  • @jongochongo1370

    @jongochongo1370

    7 жыл бұрын

    Iñigo Lumbreras Ederra que quieres d emi D:

  • @lumbro5448

    @lumbro5448

    7 жыл бұрын

    saber si eres de euskal herria o no, no hace falta que te hagas ilusiones e

  • @jongochongo1370

    @jongochongo1370

    7 жыл бұрын

    lo soy lo soy, ze uste diak? XD

  • @kierstenreynoso2195
    @kierstenreynoso21953 жыл бұрын

    Unique languages like this are so amazing and fascinating to me.

  • @darthsion3844

    @darthsion3844

    3 жыл бұрын

    There should be a greater effort to study the language's history and preserving it

  • @superkamiguru6856

    @superkamiguru6856

    2 жыл бұрын

    Other Unique languages are Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian. All three languages are related and are among the only non-Indo-European Languages in Europe (west of Moscow, at least) alongside Basque. The languages are all from West Siberia.

  • @cuenc3

    @cuenc3

    2 жыл бұрын

    unique is the perfect word to describe basques

  • @unixlv708

    @unixlv708

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Super Kami Guru I am a native Finnish speaker and I can agree with you. I'm actually studying Hungarian.

  • @irishboy06

    @irishboy06

    2 жыл бұрын

    eskerrik asko

  • @stevenshanab7318
    @stevenshanab73182 жыл бұрын

    I'm watching this in the beginning of 2022 and I've always loved your channel! Learning about other languages always fascinated me and you're really one of the best language channels out there. Also you were happy to be celebrating 50,000 subscribers and now you've got 1.29 million!!!

  • @egmusic1925
    @egmusic19253 жыл бұрын

    The sentence structure is so unique. I like to think of it as a play. In Basque, you first place the individuals/locations involved in the sentence, and then the verbs in order of activity.

  • @omomo202

    @omomo202

    9 ай бұрын

    That’s actually a reallly good tip!

  • @ricardos6472
    @ricardos64723 жыл бұрын

    I'm so happy for this guy. When he says at the start of the video that he reached 50K subs, I was like "dude, you've come far"

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not really. The number of subscribers doesn’t mean anything. It just means someone clicked a button, but most of them only watch one video on a language they are interested in and never watch again. The number of views is the same as when I made this video.

  • @Toucanyou

    @Toucanyou

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Langfocus Hey it means you've been consistent in creating good content through the years! You shouldn't undervalue the achievement you've made and the amount of interesting knowledge you've given to others through your channel, even if a lot of people are only interested in a little bit of it. I personally am very fascinated with language and want to learn more (just english and spanish now) and your channel has been a tremendous resource in learning more about the unique cultural and linguistic backgrounds of different areas.

  • @szolanek

    @szolanek

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Langfocus Try to create an Old Greek course. They have a pretty good idea how it sounded.

  • @nickark4807

    @nickark4807

    2 жыл бұрын

    How many does he have? KZread won't show me for some reason

  • @diouranke
    @diouranke5 жыл бұрын

    " They were left alone for thousand of years" what a blessing

  • @eljanrimsa5843

    @eljanrimsa5843

    4 жыл бұрын

    That was a strange statement. They live in an area where people and armies had to pass through forever. They have easily accessible iron ore and developed an iron industry that basically started in the Iron Age. They have good harbours, plenty of fish, and were renowned for their whaling and shipbuilding skills centuries before everybody else started whaling. They had a unique relationship to the Spanish king which allowed them to govern themselves. I wouldn't call that isolation.

  • @thomasmartin6299

    @thomasmartin6299

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@eljanrimsa5843 thank you

  • @lepeangel3700

    @lepeangel3700

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eljan Rimsa y wouldn’t u call that isolation u literally didn’t say anything about them being attacked🤷‍♂️

  • @MaSsiVeGaming1

    @MaSsiVeGaming1

    4 жыл бұрын

    They weren't really "left alone for thousands of years" though.

  • @maialendch4001

    @maialendch4001

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lepeangel3700 we were attacked, but not dominated as hard as the whole spain was. yes, though centuries people would come across our lands, but they would not stay because there was nothing interesting for them. we were not "left alone", but we were not "completelly dominated", until the Spaniards came to screew our asses, of course.

  • @isurdea
    @isurdea3 жыл бұрын

    As a basque and native basque speaker I am I just wanted to thank you for showing one of most valuable treasures that our culture has and for explaining it so well. Eskerrik asko! 🤜🤛

  • @isurdea

    @isurdea

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly... The right way is "txo". We usually say "eh, txo" like in english it's said "hey buddie" or "hey dude". Btw... "Agur" means "Goodbye". You should have said "kaixo" to say "hello" 😉

  • @Catlily5

    @Catlily5

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@isurdea How do you pronounce the "x" ?

  • @JuHunKimkabraham
    @JuHunKimkabraham2 жыл бұрын

    I know it sounds very awkward to many people. However, the order of words is so amazingly similar to Korean which is known to be another isolated language. Both languages have S+O+V structure. The perfect aspect and the ending with "da" (is) and its variables like dio and du are so similar too. Take one sentence for example from your clip, "The Child fell in the street." could be translated to "Ai-ka Kil-wuie Numeo-jud-da." 아이가 길위에 넘어졌다. Ai(child)+ka(case for subject) Kil(street)+wuie(on, or upon for original meaning but like "in" for your term) Numeo (fall or fell)+jud(perfect aspect)+da(is). "The man has given the book to the child." could be translated into Korean, 아저씨가 아이에게 책을 주었다. Ajeosi-ka Ai-eoke Chaek-ul Ju-eod-da. It is Ajeosi(the man)+ka (case for subject) Ai (child)+eoke(to), Chaek(book)+ul(case for object) Ju(give)-eod(perfect aspect)+da(is). Anyway, it is very interesting.

  • @teknetekne

    @teknetekne

    Жыл бұрын

    i also found its structure similar to turkish. it is strange but basque might be close to transeurasian languages

  • @utriaininja

    @utriaininja

    Жыл бұрын

    So basically it could be easier to learn Basque if you would speak Korean instead of Spanish? 😅

  • @RamadhaniRiszky
    @RamadhaniRiszky3 жыл бұрын

    I need this language to be available in Duolingo.

  • @harlizuga

    @harlizuga

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Bakea ez da inoiz aukera bat izan". Duolingoko hontza 2020

  • @osasunaitor

    @osasunaitor

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@harlizuga Holako meme bat euskaraz irakurtzen dudan lehen aldia da ta, egia esateko, ondo geratzen da :D

  • @yaizalorenzogarcia3999

    @yaizalorenzogarcia3999

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh trust me you don't. I have been learning it since I was born and I still find it kinda difficult, mostly because it has a lot of types of verbs.

  • @Fummy007

    @Fummy007

    3 жыл бұрын

    So they can make you watch ads while learning nothing?

  • @brazenserpent7

    @brazenserpent7

    3 жыл бұрын

    Check out Memrise, and start a few Basque courses via the browser, and then log in again on mobile. Enjoy the language! Gizona altua da. Etxe handia da. Fun times!

  • @Dryadalis8.13
    @Dryadalis8.134 жыл бұрын

    I'm basque and proud of it

  • @toph3487

    @toph3487

    3 жыл бұрын

    Berdiiiiinn!!! Jo, ez nun espero horrelako bideo bat aurkitzea😂😂

  • @glazf1

    @glazf1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Miren Nieves nik ere ez.

  • @unimz6669

    @unimz6669

    3 жыл бұрын

    Egia esan nik erez eta 1,9 millioi pertsonak ikusi dute

  • @toph3487

    @toph3487

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@unimz6669 Harrigarria, baietz?

  • @unimz6669

    @unimz6669

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@toph3487 bai horixe

  • @christophedebassompierre5568
    @christophedebassompierre55683 жыл бұрын

    Interesting comparisons could be made with the structure of languages such as Korean and Japanese. Definitely worth a study.

  • @kennethreilly1693

    @kennethreilly1693

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also similar to Ainu and Inuit (Ainu-Itak and Inuktitut). The chances of multiple language isolates found in bays / ports / islands around the world all accidentally developing these features simultaneously are slim to none, but the fact that they're all located near water gives a pretty strong argument for a very very old common ancestor.

  • @imsorryyoutube6774

    @imsorryyoutube6774

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly! They seem to have a lot in common for being widely considered unrelated languages.

  • @user-qj7hh5xp8v

    @user-qj7hh5xp8v

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kennethreilly1693 maybe 10,000 thousand years ago old. But "who knows"

  • @plantsanimateddavidinventa871

    @plantsanimateddavidinventa871

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah

  • @plantsanimateddavidinventa871

    @plantsanimateddavidinventa871

    2 жыл бұрын

    I guess

  • @Carlos-qz7ul
    @Carlos-qz7ul2 жыл бұрын

    This subject deserves a deeper review. Thanks !

  • @gorkabengoechea5829
    @gorkabengoechea58297 жыл бұрын

    I'm basque, and all I have to say is thank you! this video is masterpiece.

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Gorka Bengoechea Thank you, I appreciate that!

  • @ratimaisuradze4728

    @ratimaisuradze4728

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gorka Bengoechea we have more 200 same words

  • @desichalkos5627

    @desichalkos5627

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Tigran Mkhitarian Oh look, another Armenian whining about how oppressed his people are. LONG LIVE BROTHERS TURKS AND AZERBAIJANIS

  • @julen3917

    @julen3917

    6 жыл бұрын

    DJ Trevi I do, you can ask me if you want :)

  • @concernedcitizen6313

    @concernedcitizen6313

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tigran Mkhitarian Isn't Armenia in the Caucasus area?

  • @arch3223
    @arch32237 жыл бұрын

    There should have been an honorable mention to Boise, Idaho. The place with one of the largest Basque communities outside of Basque country. I see a Basque flag everyday on my way to and from work.

  • @mr_yutzy

    @mr_yutzy

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea. Thanks for the fun fact!

  • @anderski01

    @anderski01

    5 жыл бұрын

    We have Basque festivals like every month here. Really cool way to see the culture

  • @3riccar10

    @3riccar10

    5 жыл бұрын

    What region does your Basque language originate from in Boise Idaho? Western, upper, etc?

  • @Androvich91

    @Androvich91

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think a lot of French Basques immigrated there, Spanish Basques usually went to Argentina.

  • @holoholopainen1627

    @holoholopainen1627

    5 жыл бұрын

    When Did They arrive ?

  • @julenmadariagamurua7801
    @julenmadariagamurua78012 жыл бұрын

    We, Basque people, will never give up, if our language dies, our land dies

  • @cernogoraz6980

    @cernogoraz6980

    Жыл бұрын

    But you have no children (average is almost lowest in Spain with 1.15 children per woman) so clearly not enough basque care about their future. You will half in number with each generation

  • @TheSandkastenverbot
    @TheSandkastenverbot Жыл бұрын

    "50 thousand subscribers seemed like the pinnacle" - that statement has aged exceedingly well 😂. You earned every single subscriber because your videos are top notch!

  • @jrbowlder
    @jrbowlder3 жыл бұрын

    Howdy. You may be interested to know that there's a large and very proud Basque community here in Idaho. In Boise, there's a "Basque Quarter" that includes festivals, a museum, and a community center. Pretty interesting!

  • @kennethreilly1693

    @kennethreilly1693

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hang out on the Basque Block every time I'm in town. It's one of my favorite things about Boise.

  • @Dubbudha

    @Dubbudha

    3 жыл бұрын

    Interestingly, some of those communities sometimes even preserve words and expressions that already disappeared in the original dialects or languages.

  • @giantandomniscientlevitati8969

    @giantandomniscientlevitati8969

    2 жыл бұрын

    What really? How? Do yoy speak basque everyday??

  • @anthonybermeo5490

    @anthonybermeo5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    Please know that the University of Nevada Reno has a wonderful Basque Cultural Library and Study curriculum for Advanced Studies. I love the place . Best wishes to all Basques or not Basque. The Staff there are from the heart.

  • @kadini77

    @kadini77

    Жыл бұрын

    There’s also a large Basque community in Bakersfield, California. We have several Basque restaurants that are favorites in the area.

  • @ooohalaooo7331
    @ooohalaooo73314 жыл бұрын

    Sir, now you have more subscibers than there are native speakers of Basquie :)

  • @IBMboy

    @IBMboy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Both numbers need to go up! :D

  • @iraide6157

    @iraide6157

    4 жыл бұрын

    unfortunately :'( (here a basque speaker)

  • @Serendip98

    @Serendip98

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is because some Basques subscribed several times.

  • @jonandermuruaga7325

    @jonandermuruaga7325

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nola dakizu?

  • @jonandermuruaga7325

    @jonandermuruaga7325

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kontu izan Euskal Herria Txikia dala!!! Basque Country is small!!!🤣🤘👏👍

  • @ninolaliashvili6945
    @ninolaliashvili69452 жыл бұрын

    Hi from old Iberia (Georgia). The video was quiote interesting for me as a Georgian. Our languages don't look like each other, which i'm not surprised. If this theory about our common roots is true, we seppareted thousands of years ago, which caused much differencies between us. The thing that confuses me is your poliphonic songs and voicies, which reminds me the Georgian ones a lot. Our voice is our heritage which we are proud of. And when I hear your songs somewhy it feels me as proud as hearing Georgian ones. I don't personally know Basque people but You guys have my respect ❤

  • @jaredlash5002
    @jaredlash50022 жыл бұрын

    I love it when I come across videos celebrating achievements like reaching 50,000 subscribers. And, at this time, I see that Paul has 1.32 MILLION subscribers. :) Great content deserves recognition.

  • @alejandromaringutierrez7323
    @alejandromaringutierrez73233 жыл бұрын

    I' m not basque but I really appreciate their culture and way of life!

  • @paolaparodi979

    @paolaparodi979

    Жыл бұрын

    Sono Ligure e ammiro chiunque conservi le proprie tradizioni. Anni fa avevo conosciuto Beronia , una ragazza di origini Basche .Abbiamo simpatizzato subito perché dall' intonazione della sua voce avevo capito il significato della frase.

  • @LucaS-ei6cz
    @LucaS-ei6cz5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for giving visibility to our language! Eskerrik asko Langfocus!!!

  • @author7027

    @author7027

    4 жыл бұрын

    wait. if we, Slavic people, will put words according to your grammar and cases, it will be still understandable but only sound like a poetic expression. words are totally different. but how have you appeared at your place before most of the people ? you should have fairy tales about it.

  • @novedad4468

    @novedad4468

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@author7027 they were definitely people when basques appear. Its just that they were wipped out when new people arrived at the zone. But, in the ancient pagan mitology, we do have fairytales that tell how the modern, christian people arrived an we, the original pagan tribes, adopted christianity, for example

  • @author7027

    @author7027

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@novedad4468 just a moment. if you are Basque, let me ask you questions to clear the situation

  • @cindysmith6833
    @cindysmith683310 ай бұрын

    Wow I’ve been studying ancient history of many the world over and this caught my eye, so glad I clicked on it. Very fascinating stuff thanks for sharing

  • @reptile_loki
    @reptile_loki2 жыл бұрын

    i am half romanian half basque so i am very happy both languages are getting more recognition lately, also good analysis on both, your videous are great.

  • @anaibarangan4908

    @anaibarangan4908

    11 ай бұрын

    Basque may be a previous version of your Romanian language. .

  • @katholischetheologiegeschi1319

    @katholischetheologiegeschi1319

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@anaibarangan4908 dacian has nothing to do with basque-language. Is Balkan not iberia

  • @ITD2O2
    @ITD2O28 жыл бұрын

    I was in Spain(Galicia) to much times and I visited 'Pais Basco' several times (San Sebastian) and I have to say they are pretty, honestly and proud people..Greeting from Croatia! ;)

  • @brunilda12

    @brunilda12

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ITD2O2 Pais Vasco

  • @ITD2O2

    @ITD2O2

    8 жыл бұрын

    +brunilda12 exactly..my apologize ;)

  • @chaoticgood9297

    @chaoticgood9297

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Leizetik Zarata But it's in spain, so it's Pais Vasco (if you say it in spanish).

  • @chaoticgood9297

    @chaoticgood9297

    8 жыл бұрын

    No, my friend. I'm spaniard. Basque Country is an autonomous comunity of Spain.

  • @chaoticgood9297

    @chaoticgood9297

    8 жыл бұрын

    Leizetik Zarata Oh, you meant the greater region... I was talking about País Vasco (Basque Country) as our inside comunity. I must say we both were right but just talking about two different things... :D

  • @elputoamodebaraka9864
    @elputoamodebaraka98647 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I'm Basque and I thank you for making our language known, Euskera, good video and very well explained Greetings from Bilbao

  • @ekaitz471
    @ekaitz4712 жыл бұрын

    Hello there, I am very happy to see this video. I introduce myself, I am ekaitz, from Pamplona, ​​Navarra. Very good video and thank you very much for supporting our language. I would like to "correct" you in two things. The first is that the language is not Basque, it is Euskera. It comes from Euskal Herria translated, a people from the Euskera language. Pompaelo was a city in Navarra created by a Roman named Pompello. Second, General Franco, apart from what you have commented on the video, shot and tortured those who spoke Basque in his years of governance, what he did was cruel and the damage and losses caused by implementing Spanish governance, the prisoners They were taken to France, Paris so that their families could not see them because they did not have money to travel and other things they did and they do not know. It's a real shame😔 a huge greeting from here (translated with translator)

  • @BryanAJParry

    @BryanAJParry

    2 жыл бұрын

    The word in English is "Basque".

  • @JarharaJaiArik
    @JarharaJaiArik2 жыл бұрын

    I clicked on this video after watching a basque movie on Netflix. After hearing about the ban of the language, it makes me really happy that a movie completely in this interesting language exists and that I watched it with the original basque audio and english subtitles

  • @mrmoth2487
    @mrmoth24875 жыл бұрын

    My old Spanish teacher is a native Basque speaker.

  • @sgc_9332

    @sgc_9332

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bandolerox137 la lengua es basque y el territorio Basque country

  • @mosquitotigre7078

    @mosquitotigre7078

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bandolerox137 Si le llamas vasco o vascuence tampoco pasa nada, no te pongas así, jejejeje

  • @mosquitotigre7078

    @mosquitotigre7078

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@manexokina7989 Si lo haces, en primer lugar, te equvocas, y, en segundo, estás demostrando que eres un imbécil sin ningún argumento y como último recurso sólo te queda insultar. Lo único que tengo asumido es que si desaparece el vasco pasará lo mismo que cuando despareció el latín: absolutamente nada...

  • @mosquitotigre7078

    @mosquitotigre7078

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@latxa"el latín no desapareció, evolucionó, eso es MUY diferente. y para ti seguro que no pasara nada porque la palabra "empatía" se escapa de tu comprensión, pero los que lo tenemos de lengua madre, y los que valoran la riqueza lingüística mas allá de sus ombligos si nos sentiríamos afectados." Te felicito por tener el latín como lengua materna, eso significa que no ha desaparecido y que aún se habla (como lengua materna, puesto que todavía quedan latinistas, sobre todo en el Vaticano), y tu edad debe acercarse a los 1.500 años. Enhorabuena, no todo el mundo llega a esa edad, ni siquiera a una décima parte !!! Supongo que también te sentirías afectado por la desaparición del sistema PAL en la televisión, de los 8 pistas en los coches, de los equipos de sonido cuadrafónicos y por los monitores de fósforo verde en los ordenadores (suponiendo que los hayas conocido, de lo cual no estoy seguro). Si lo tienes como lengua materna, tranquilo, nadie te lo va a quitar si es lo que temes... Hay que ser un poco empático y entender que los idiomas no desaparecen porque haya gente que vaya quitando idiomas a los demás, pero claro, para eso hay que ser mínimamente inteligente. Los idiomas no desaparecen por motivos emocionales, sino por motivos prácticos. Lo que ha evolucionado ha sido el español, podemos comprobar como cambia a lo largo de la historia, con la gramática de Nebrija en 1492 hasta nuestros días.

  • @mosquitotigre7078

    @mosquitotigre7078

    4 жыл бұрын

    @UC1lYVgki8263j2nQYDQcz1A Con tu retahíla de insultos lo único que haces es retratarte. El latín desapareció dando lugar a las lenguas romances... Tanto te cuesta de entender? El latín vulgar, sumado a las lenguas autóctonas acabó deviniendo en lenguas romances, pero no fue una evolución. Si hubiera sido así, hablaríamos todos la misma evolución del latín... Pero no. Lo que está claro es que debes tener 6 años... De edad mental

  • @enekocuesta
    @enekocuesta8 жыл бұрын

    As a basque I have to thank you.The spread of information of the basque language (as well as culture...) helps us to get more speakers and improve the situation of the language. Nowadays the percentage of speakers has gone up, i think 48% of basques are capable of speaking basque (as well as another language such as spanish or french).But we have to work harder. Eskerrik asko eta ondo izan :) "Thanks and have a nice day" PD:Zorionak 50000 baino harpidetzaile gehiago lortzeagatik!! "Congratulations for getting more than 50000 subscribers"

  • @annesantiago5517

    @annesantiago5517

    8 жыл бұрын

    Zurekin adoz, gainera dio Espainian laguntzak daudela Euskarak berpirtzeko. Baina nik lagunak dauzkat Andalusian eta ezagutzean galdetu zidaten ea zergatik euskaraz mitzatzen dugun, Espainian gaude-eta. Eta ez dira haiek bakarrik, Espainako gende asko baizik

  • @wii3willRule

    @wii3willRule

    8 жыл бұрын

    +enekocuesta Does "eskerrik" translate to thanks? Because if that's the case, then Basque seems to share a bit of vocabulary with Arabic; "ana ishkarak" (انا اشكرك), translates to "I thank you".

  • @annesantiago5517

    @annesantiago5517

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Elias Xian Sy asko in basque means a lot

  • @ikerberasategui3047

    @ikerberasategui3047

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Elias Xian Sy "asco" means disgust, dirty in Spanish is sucio hahaha

  • @ikerberasategui3047

    @ikerberasategui3047

    8 жыл бұрын

    +enekocuesta Nire aitona-amonek euskara dakitenean, baina inoiz ez dute irakatsi zidan :/

  • @yaregalxewdu4561
    @yaregalxewdu4561 Жыл бұрын

    when am off from work i sit and go to youtube to see your posts. i love your english dialect/slang, you say many things i didn't know about my language....amharic from ethiopia, ,,,,,love you more

  • @TheADHDNerd
    @TheADHDNerd3 жыл бұрын

    50k subs... was sweet. Right now 1.12 MILLION! Great job, brother! Keep up the awesome work!

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. But the number of views hasn’t increased since I made this video. The number of subscribers just means people clicked the subscribe button; it doesn’t mean they watch more than one video (especially on a channel like this that covers a huge range of topics). So, the subscriber count doesn’t mean anything, really.

  • @TheADHDNerd

    @TheADHDNerd

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Langfocus That's fair. For what it's worth, you do a hell of a job and I enjoy your work. :)

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @64imma
    @64imma8 жыл бұрын

    You should definitely do a video on the Finnish language, and the Uralic Language family as a whole. I've been waiting for that video for quite a while actually. x(

  • @GlamStacheessnostalgialounge

    @GlamStacheessnostalgialounge

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure we are all waiting for that video.

  • @emiliosgregoriou8943

    @emiliosgregoriou8943

    8 жыл бұрын

    +64imma He will probably get to it, so keep your hopes up

  • @davidtiganila27

    @davidtiganila27

    8 жыл бұрын

    +64imma perkele

  • @Konpaku_Hungary

    @Konpaku_Hungary

    8 жыл бұрын

    In Finland do everybody actually accept the finn-hungarian theory or not? If not, what do you think about your past? In Hungary lot of people belive that hungarian is more from turk and that area.

  • @saatanal8388

    @saatanal8388

    8 жыл бұрын

    Joka suomalainen henkilö kysynyt saman asian

  • @ehhe4381
    @ehhe43814 жыл бұрын

    Spanish (Castilian to be precise) phonology is based on Basque. I've heard the phrase: "Castilian is what came out of a Basque trying to speak Latin".

  • @c8adec

    @c8adec

    3 жыл бұрын

    Technically speaking that's called "el sustrato vasco"!

  • @rinkakiotsokume7748

    @rinkakiotsokume7748

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are words in spanish that are more related to basque to latin. For example, in spanish we say "izquierda", that sounds like "ezkerra" (basque) and not like other latin words (like "sinistra")

  • @danbytp

    @danbytp

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aaah,now I see.

  • @osasunaitor

    @osasunaitor

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is very likely true, indeed. Castilian surged in the Latin-speaking areas that bordered the Basque areas (around Burgos/La Rioja), so the Basque influence over early Castilian is more than likely.

  • @diegorvila

    @diegorvila

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is indeed so. In fact, the reason for which Spanish only has 5 vowels, much less than other romance languages, is that those 5 are the Basque vowels.

  • @borntobehated7605
    @borntobehated7605 Жыл бұрын

    with great respect from Georgia to the Basques. 🍷🇬🇪

  • @thagirion9761
    @thagirion97612 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so in-depth and informative. Thank you!

  • @peanutworkshophuang5276
    @peanutworkshophuang52766 жыл бұрын

    Basque, the treasure of ancient Europe

  • @kerianbidondo2040
    @kerianbidondo20403 жыл бұрын

    I'm basque and I can say that this vidéo is very well-done because I learnt some things 👍👏

  • @toph3487

    @toph3487

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @ldmtag

    @ldmtag

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@edwinhidalgo1242 cool!

  • @ldmtag

    @ldmtag

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is basque and etruscan related?

  • @napabilirim

    @napabilirim

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ldmtag That's a good theory- I wonder... Tbh Etruscan seems like it's not Indo-European, but it's a very close relative of Indo-European, like they share a common origin

  • @checoxredbull4471
    @checoxredbull44712 ай бұрын

    You are a legend. Your channel is so amazing.

  • @tamarkapanadze3485
    @tamarkapanadze34852 жыл бұрын

    I watched with a great interest. I remember, that years ago there were long disputes and discussions about relation between Basque and Georgian languages and one of the reasons was existence of ergative case. In Georgian, we also have ergative.

  • @aramarmenios7660
    @aramarmenios76604 жыл бұрын

    Basqologist Vahan Sarkisian was a Academician, Linguist, Translator, Poet, Member of the International Association of Hispanics, Director of the Basque-Armenian international journal Araxes, Author of Basque-Armenian dictionary, His book on Internal Reconstruction of the Basque language was published by German authorities, Proficient in more than 5 languages, published more than 66 books and articles and almost all his books were published by Basque and Spanish governments and institutions.... published numerous books and studies between Armenian-Basque connection including a first ever Armenian-Basque dictionary in 2001 (identified almost 600-shared parallel words between the two languages. In the end you find a extract of it with 26 words as a example (at the end of this text). Basque linguist Edward Spencer Dodgson says the same and by studies from German philologist Joseph Karst in 1928 who discovered more than 300 Basque-Armenian lexical, grammatical and phonetic matches in both languages. Legend of the Basque people of a folklore in Rapcal valley, in Province of Navarra tells us that the leader of Basque was called „Haytor“ arrived from Armenia with seven sons found seven settlings in Navarra.... ancient manuscript found in that village gives evidence of its historic chronic and confirmed the spoken legend. In Basque language the name of their ancestor Haytor means „Received from Haya“ which exactly corresponds to Armenian „Hay tor“ meaning „a Grandson of Armenian“. The well-known German scientist Joseph Karst mentioned that too. Armenians ancestor Hayk had a grandson named Pask (in other Armenian dialects Bask). In Basque language an expression „haytoren seme“ exists which means „the son of Haytor“. I can recommend this presentation of Armenian-Basque connection for more Informations on youtube: "Armenian Origins of Basque: a presentation by Vahan Setyan" here the link to the video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mH-M0NxyibDHaaQ.html Quote: „If they asked the Basque people where they are from, they would answer - Armenac, which is the same as saying - from Armenia, from where the Basque orginated“ -Echave the Elder (17th Century) Quote „City of Armenac`s ancient inhabitants near Spain are our people and in our Basque language Armenac means Armenians“ -Baltasar de Echave Orio (17th Century) Quote: „House of Angegh (Angh/ Vulture) originates from a grandson of Hayk named Basqam“ Movses Khorenatsi (5th Century) -Ashtarak (town in Armenia) -Astarak (settlement in south of France) -Goris (city in Armenia) -Goris (settlement in Baskonia) -Deba (river in Armenia) -Deba (name of river in Baskonia)
-Shubria (Ancient name to provinces Sasun/Armenia) -Shuberoa (name to basque province in France) -Araks (famous river in Armenia) - Arakses (famous river in Baskonia) -Aran (name of terrain in Armenia) -Aran (widespread toponym in Baskonia) -Karkar (name of terrain in Armenia) -Karkar (famous toponym in Baskonia) In Basque In Armenian char (bad, evil) char (bad, evil) anti (from there) anti (from there) zati (separate) zat (separate) tegi (place) tegi (place) jelki (exit) jelk (exist) ete (if) ete (if) jaraunci (inherit) jarangel (inherit) muruncha (growl) merenchoc (growl) murtci (first) murts (first) orma (wall) orm (wall) tuil (weak) tuil (weak) lajno (size, width) lajn (wide)
 erorden (third) 
irurden (third) hastadun (weighty) hastatun (firm) urti (water-bearing) urti (water-bearing) hastatu (to prove) hastatel (to prove) gari (millet) gari (barley) harich (oak) harich (oak) hasi (to grow) hasnel (to grow) enchauz (nut) enkoiz (nut) herqa (furrow) herqel (to furrow) orots (calf) oroch (lamb) ardi (sheep) ardi (sheep) ajnts (goat) ajts (goat) hato (herd, flock) hot (herd, flock) matoin (sour milk) matsun (sour milk)

  • @mehitablestorm8877

    @mehitablestorm8877

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for such a fantastic post. I supposedly have a small amount of Basque ancestry, but don't know much about them. Do they look at all like Armenians?

  • @xrumi

    @xrumi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aramjan may be Vahanjan published many things but don't forget Armenian is Indo-European language and Iberia was not name of Armenia... churchxela bliat...

  • @sanikfal

    @sanikfal

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good job!!! It is interesting that grammatically I could match this language with turkic languages while in the comments I read that it is near to armenian language as well ... really interesting

  • @barbatvs8959

    @barbatvs8959

    4 жыл бұрын

    Basques are Celts who adopted the language of my ancestors. This is why Basques look just like their non-Basque neighbours in northern Spain, and why Spanish has many similarities with Basque, it being Latin influenced by Basque (and others of course). It is not a Celtic language. My ancestors came from the Near East, although all people do, for the Garden of Eden and Mt. Ararat are there.

  • @barbatvs8959

    @barbatvs8959

    4 жыл бұрын

    Muy interesante. Soy íbero de la estirpe original. Los vascos son celtas que adoptaron la lengua de mis ancestros, y solos la han preservado gracias a Dios. Me fascina el origen de mis ancestros, y cómo llegaron a Iberia. Me parece que por el mar como los fenicios, pero antes que ellos. Los romanos, los griegos y los íberos somos los originales en el Mediterráneo europeo. Luego vinieron del norte los celtas, y más tarde los germánicos. Soy más español que el rey español. :-)

  • @andercilveti4526
    @andercilveti45264 жыл бұрын

    It is so cool to see basque being analyzed so deeply and accurately from the prespective of an English speaker.

  • @BaskGurrl
    @BaskGurrl Жыл бұрын

    I've found this 6 years later, and thank you so much for researching our language so well :)) a lot of new research has actually come to light ^^

  • @aarongreenway7002
    @aarongreenway70022 жыл бұрын

    At this moment, you are at 1.32 Million subscribers. I think you have done pretty well. Congrats!

  • @sans_puns_4594
    @sans_puns_45943 жыл бұрын

    Hello! I'm from the Basque Country and I speak Euskera. It was pretty intereting to look how other people talk about your own language, and all the information given was correct. And now, I'll write down some useful sentences that you can use: -Kaixo, zer moduz? ~Hello, how are you? -Ondo nago, eta zu? ~I'm fine, and you? -Zer ordu da? ~What time is it? -Non dago __ kalea? ~Where is the __ street? -Eskerrik asko! ~Thank you! I'll continue if you want!

  • @unaxvicuna4267

    @unaxvicuna4267

    3 жыл бұрын

    Euskera klase bikaina! Ondo pasa.

  • @iamtheballerr

    @iamtheballerr

    3 жыл бұрын

    yes!Please keep writing I need to learn this language...

  • @giantandomniscientlevitati8969

    @giantandomniscientlevitati8969

    3 жыл бұрын

    Go on!

  • @gerryboutet7041

    @gerryboutet7041

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please continue

  • @sans_puns_4594

    @sans_puns_4594

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gerryboutet7041 Sure! But what should I translate next?

  • @peterk.9571
    @peterk.95714 жыл бұрын

    Apparently I'm descended from Basque conquistadors in the Caribbean, so I'm very happy to be learning about this very resilient people! Love to the Euskara, my newly found cousins!

  • @marlene97280

    @marlene97280

    4 жыл бұрын

    Which island in Carribbean ?

  • @cargocat1
    @cargocat1 Жыл бұрын

    I am so impressed by Paul's professional knowledge of many languages. What an educational journey for me!

  • @harshakulkarni1432
    @harshakulkarni14322 жыл бұрын

    Saw this video after 5 yrs of being published, but I am glad I did!! Good to know about this unique language!

  • @ferminismo
    @ferminismo8 жыл бұрын

    im basque and im proud of it!

  • @unaizubikarai3344

    @unaizubikarai3344

    8 жыл бұрын

    +fer fossoway EUSKALDUNA NAIZ ETA HARRO NAGO !

  • @alcyonecrucis

    @alcyonecrucis

    8 жыл бұрын

    +fer fossoway keep learning basque, i might come visit and need to learn it sometimes ;)

  • @OMA2k

    @OMA2k

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Rodrigusificacionn No need to be a jerk about fer's comment

  • @bikerboy3k

    @bikerboy3k

    8 жыл бұрын

    why

  • @Paguo

    @Paguo

    8 жыл бұрын

    +fer fossoway I'm portuguese and I have great empathy towards basque. Agurrak!

  • @elianamckee
    @elianamckee7 жыл бұрын

    This is a hard language to learn! Completely different from anything! Your videos are excellent, Paul!

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    7 жыл бұрын

    +eliana vasconcelos Thank you! Yes, Basque is really quite different from any of the languages I've studied.

  • @ainhoagarrido3965

    @ainhoagarrido3965

    7 жыл бұрын

    eliana vasconcelos Yep, I'm basque and it's difficult to learn, but once you get used to it, it's easier!

  • @matthewhartley4080

    @matthewhartley4080

    6 жыл бұрын

    Langfocus. dont you know japanese? dont you see the similarities?

  • @elianamckee

    @elianamckee

    6 жыл бұрын

    No I do not know Japanese. ! So Basque is similar to Japanese in their structure?

  • @matthewhartley4080

    @matthewhartley4080

    6 жыл бұрын

    eliana vasconcelos i dont know japanese but from these examples given it looks almost exactly the same as korean sentence structure. i think i have seen langfocus do japanese but never korean videos before and other comenter made some good few word parallel between the japanese and basque languages, this is why i ask.

  • @sayvjp
    @sayvjp Жыл бұрын

    bravo for ALL your videos. I particularly like that you are always extremely precise even in this "fast" format. for instance you always say "before the arrival of the indo-european languages" and not "before the arrival of the indo-europeans". those substile differences definitely make your work impressively serious.

  • @michaelkobylko2969
    @michaelkobylko29692 жыл бұрын

    Love watching this knowing you've got over a million now. You deserve all your success.

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Having a million subscribers isn’t success. My latest video has 36,000 views, not a million views. Subs mean nothing.

  • @michaelkobylko2969

    @michaelkobylko2969

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Langfocus Well that's me told!

  • @marmag4976
    @marmag49763 жыл бұрын

    I'm Basque and watching this video was amazing. It's clear you did a lot of research and it was a very entertaining video. The fact that the Basque language is so unique and different but it'll probably disappear in some years it's honestly heartbreaking. If anyone is thinking about learning a new language try Basque please because it's v cool and you'd also be helping in it's preservation

  • @marmag4976

    @marmag4976

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also I gotta say that not the whole of Spain is trying to protect the language, all the effort comes from the people in the Basque Country and Navarra, the rest of Spain doesn't care much.

  • @marmag4976

    @marmag4976

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Alazar Wanderer yeah, not only men, everyone says it, and it's written "tso"

  • @emaane
    @emaane8 жыл бұрын

    What a great video to watch! I particularly enjoyed the sample sentences. As a native Spaniard I was aware of Basque's uniqueness but I had never taken a look at its actual structure. I'm even thinking about writing a blog post myself about Basque since I completely agree with you that it should be preserved as the cultural richness it is :) Already looking forward to the next one! :)

  • @61Ldf
    @61Ldf Жыл бұрын

    Paul, I very do appreciate your efforts to promote less known languages and thus helping them to survive!

  • @GrandeSalvatore96
    @GrandeSalvatore963 жыл бұрын

    You just hit 50k followers, Paul! Congrats 😄

  • @evgeniyagutnik6741
    @evgeniyagutnik67413 жыл бұрын

    I've just come back from my holidays in Euskadi, I fell in love with this country. Basque people are doing really great job in preserving their unique language and culture, they must be proud of it. Now I'm curious in learning more about its origins and your video is the most informative I've found so far.

  • @idoiavalverde5097
    @idoiavalverde50977 жыл бұрын

    Hello! It is amazing to see that people show devotion to our culture and language. You have done a great job with this video, congratulations!! Thank you very much, eskerrik asko!

  • @hussainpainter52

    @hussainpainter52

    6 жыл бұрын

    idoia valverde Ur culture is very unique, I hope the future generations can see the basque culture and language

  • @lorenareigada1376
    @lorenareigada1376 Жыл бұрын

    Good afternoon!! Im a basque person and im impressed of how well you explaines everything, good job!

  • @Nes
    @Nes2 жыл бұрын

    50K subs back in the days. You're awesome man!

  • @josuricoechepare4910
    @josuricoechepare49103 жыл бұрын

    You have reminded me how proud I feel to be one of the few in the world who speaks Basque or what we call it here "euskera"

  • @kennethreilly1693

    @kennethreilly1693

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kaixo! Euskara ikasten ari naiz eta Euskal Herrira joan nahi dut.

  • @julengerrikagogeaskoetaran3114

    @julengerrikagogeaskoetaran3114

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kennethreilly1693 Oso interesgarria lagun. Ongi etorria izango zara :)

  • @Shrey_Shrek

    @Shrey_Shrek

    10 ай бұрын

    @@julengerrikagogeaskoetaran3114 u r the one who commented on Actovania's Askatesunera video

  • @julengerrikagogeaskoetaran3114

    @julengerrikagogeaskoetaran3114

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Shrey_Shrek You got a sharp eye :) I like to read the comments on videos relating to Basque culture and people, as you may have guessed

  • @Shrey_Shrek

    @Shrey_Shrek

    10 ай бұрын

    @@julengerrikagogeaskoetaran3114 I see. It is always fascinating to have one's culture talked about in a video.

  • @pjmoseley243
    @pjmoseley2434 жыл бұрын

    some more interesting observations: Earlier today I watched a youtube video on the origins of the very first settlers in the Island of Ireland, bronze age DNA found in a Cave in Ireland links the first settlers there to the Basque DNA. Facial features of modern day people in Ireland are very similar to Basque faces. One other interesting observation is Basque traditions, one style of dancing strongly resembles traditional Irish dances. One interesting observation links one Basque dance and dress to English Morris dancing, which may have come from the county of Cornwall, Morris dancing origins are unknown but Cornwall was a Celtic region of England, but England has many Celtic regions currently. Just thought you may be interested in looking into it!

  • @escaramujo

    @escaramujo

    4 жыл бұрын

    On the faces you just flipped a bit, (or there are a lot of round faced, thin bonned, black eyes pointing upwards, strong eyebrows around ireland lately) but on the cultural aspects that's true. Basque dances, singings, etc... and all northern iberian, and probably all atlantic european cost, are very similar.

  • @aryyancarman705

    @aryyancarman705

    3 жыл бұрын

    well celtic people were in the spain area before ireland

  • @happyheart256
    @happyheart256 Жыл бұрын

    I was designing a lesson to teach my elementary students how que is one of the five ways to pronounce /k/. They have already studied c, k, and ck. I am about to start ch and que as forms of the sound that do not happen as often as the first three. Using Basque as one of the example words, I knew I would be asked what the word means. I went into a rabbit hole of research and landed here. I can't wait to show this video to my students. This is about to become a social studies focus also. They will love it! Thank you!

  • @t.d.c397
    @t.d.c3972 жыл бұрын

    Eneba, ez nekien horrelako bideo bat aurkitzea hemen egia izan. I'm glad there is a video like that from a English speaker. More than two million people saw it, it's amazing. Thank you very much for making this type of video👍🏻

  • @BlackRedMoon92
    @BlackRedMoon927 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! I love this video! I'm from Gasteiz, which is the capital of Basque Country and I am now living in Pamplona. It is cool that you talk about a language so beautiful and so little known. Eskerrik asko!!! :D

  • @neptuneconsus4992

    @neptuneconsus4992

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ahisa Perez yes, yes, very Well fandango

  • @matterbob5x
    @matterbob5x7 жыл бұрын

    You are a good man, or at least you make interesting videos that make me learn. Either way I appreciate you good sir!

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I'm happy to hear that!

  • @Langfocus

    @Langfocus

    7 жыл бұрын

    And I appreciate you too! :)

  • @herrbanane2
    @herrbanane27 ай бұрын

    really loved the video! was impressed how different their language is when i visited the country

  • @BarnabyBaltimoron
    @BarnabyBaltimoron2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, fascinating! Also, congratulations on your channel. You were celebrating 50k and now you have over a million! Well, now you have one more :)

  • @murrayaronson3753
    @murrayaronson37538 жыл бұрын

    One of Spain's problems starting in the nineteenth century and continuing was that the Basque country and its centers like Bilbao and San Sebastian were economic and industrial powerhouses along with Catalonia with Barcelona. Madrid and Castille may have held the center and political power, but the two outlier regions had the money and the industry.

  • @aitortilla5128

    @aitortilla5128

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Murray Aronson That's not a problem. Spain started the nineteenth century under Napoleon's control. He left Spain with a faulty industry, bad economy, missing art paintings and many ruined monuments (our "allied" England help with that too). After gaining independence we had a bad king and ruler called Fernando VII and suffered several civil wars. America's colonies gained independence. A lot of political instability and corruption left Spain in a very bad situation. I think those were greater issues. Summary: liberalism supporters vs. absolute monarchy supporters. So far a "pretty good" century.

  • @aitortilla5128

    @aitortilla5128

    8 жыл бұрын

    Con todo lo que paso en el siglo XIX creo que cual era la region mas industrializada es lo de menos. De nada sirve que haya industria y una buena economía si hay inestabilidad política dentro y fuera de la metrópolis..

  • @aitortilla5128

    @aitortilla5128

    8 жыл бұрын

    Como he dicho habiendo empezado el siglo bajo Napoleon, con luchas entre liberales y absolutistas todo el siglo y con algún rey deficiente mental cual fuera la región más industrializada es secundario. Y no he dicho que no hubiera industria.

  • @virtualboy2430

    @virtualboy2430

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Murray Aronson "Let me tell you about your country". First, although it is usually thought that Basque Country and Catalonia have got very nationalistic feelings, the truth is that Basque and Catalan scenarios are not comparable and the nacionalistic parties of these territories have got very different origins; mainly because during the XIXth century the Basque Country was poor as fuck and a very undeveloped region even for Spanish standards. In fact, during that century the Basque Country was the main focus against economic openness and a very conservative region. The Basque industrialization started in XXth century, , not in the XIXth. And it took place only in Bilbao; San Sebastian was never an industrial city. Secondly, although it is true that Castile was a poor region at those days, Madrid itself has always had a strong economy since XVIth century, so it was not only a political centre like, for instance, Rome (in the case of Italy). And today the region of Madrid provides about the 20% of Spanish GDP (it is the first regional economy alongside Catalan one). Don't misunderstand me, but there are a lot of myths about Spanish outline regions, most of them generated by the own propaganda of these territories.

  • @murrayaronson3753

    @murrayaronson3753

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the more accurate information. I like learning new things.

  • @jamesdavidson4372
    @jamesdavidson43726 жыл бұрын

    Very similar language arrangement to korean or japaneses. Umea Karlean erori da 애.가 길.에 넘어졌. 다. child.the street.at fall is Gisonak Umeari iburua eman dio 남자.가 애.에게 책.을 주었. 다. man.the. child.to book.the give has Emakumeak gisona ikusi du 여자.가 남자.를 보았다 woman.the man.the seen has As a korean, I know that most of korean can learn speak japanese almost fluently in 1 or 2 years of study due to many similar words, and sentence structures. Korean alphabets actually supercedes that of Japanese, and bit more difficult for japanese to master korean. Korean or Japaneses can probably learn basque with ease as it seems it just requires simple replacement with basques word in sentence. Maybe Basque originated from Central Eurasia as far eastern asians had. Best of luck with Basque people and keep on rocking with Basque heritage.

  • @dnr7560

    @dnr7560

    6 жыл бұрын

    James Davidson this was very smart! I didn't know how Korean was broken down. The fact that Verbs and Nouns are all over the place makes me crazy though! I was hoping Korean was the easiest to learn because it at least had an alphabet. But even to know the letters and the sounds--mixing everything up would be confusing all the time. T-shirt Girl boy class gives. All that to say the girl have the boy the t-shirt in class.--#ImExhausted. it's like "Thought Scrabble"

  • @heyokaempath5802

    @heyokaempath5802

    6 жыл бұрын

    It is so in many Native American langauges as well. I do see that connection

  • @andoniarangurenubierna5660

    @andoniarangurenubierna5660

    6 жыл бұрын

    If only the arrangement was the hardest part xD You haven't seen the non-ending verbs.

  • @ChorSuKong

    @ChorSuKong

    6 жыл бұрын

    more to those like tibetan perhaps - by word order and ergative/absolutive cases in japanese you say "this man" but in tibetan its "man this"

  • @erichlf

    @erichlf

    6 жыл бұрын

    Word order isn't very significant. Meaning a sentence can be reordered and still have essentially the same meaning.

  • @jonpeley
    @jonpeley Жыл бұрын

    You did a pretty good job explaining our language. That structure was greatly accurate. Just a little bit of context. Basque from the northern part (France) is quite different than the southern part. Also my granma who will be 99 this november '22 understands better basque than my mom from 1951 due to that ban from the Franco era.

  • @jaengen

    @jaengen

    9 ай бұрын

    My gammy spoke Basque.

  • @kibetsproductions5867
    @kibetsproductions5867 Жыл бұрын

    Super fascinating sentence structure!!

  • @slehar
    @slehar6 жыл бұрын

    This is SO interesting! Thank you for giving examples and breaking them up in parts. I always wanted to get a taste of Basque!