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| Bill_Sage667 Groupie United States Joined 5204 days ago 62 posts - 71 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 12 24 September 2010 at 11:18am | IP Logged | ||
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as a second language of course. How fluent are you? I've never met someone (either on the
net or offline) who knows the language proficiently. Does anyone know someone in real life who's fluent in Basque? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Talairan Tetraglot Senior Member Spain Joined 6591 days ago 194 posts - 258 votes Speaks: Afrikaans, English*, Gypsy/Romani, Dutch Studies: Spanish, Flemish, Galician, Aramaic | Message 2 of 12 06 October 2010 at 10:35am | IP Logged | ||
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I had the pleasure of working in the same Department as Larry Trask who was one of the authorities on Basque. His wikipedia entry with links to some articles and his obituary can be found here.
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5555 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 3 of 12 06 October 2010 at 10:51am | IP Logged | ||
Yes. I've worked closely with several Spanish colleagues now who are native speakers of Basque. It's a fascinating language, and from what I can gather, there are several dialects too. Edited by Teango on 06 October 2010 at 10:52am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Old Chemist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5172 days ago 227 posts - 285 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 4 of 12 06 October 2010 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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An exceptional complicated one isn't it. And very old - I understand there is an expression for "ceiling" which means "roof of the cave.
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| Liface Triglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/Lif Joined 5857 days ago 150 posts - 237 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Dutch, French | Message 5 of 12 06 October 2010 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sort of on topic, does anyone have any videos of people with Basque as a first language speaking Spanish? I met some when I was on holiday, and I thought their Spanish accent was hilarious with the drawn out vowels on the ends of words. Wanted to show an example to a friend, but try as I might I can't find anything on YouTube!
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| sjheiss Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5683 days ago 100 posts - 174 votes Speaks: English*, Basque | Message 6 of 12 13 September 2012 at 11:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Present. :D
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| Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5125 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh | Message 7 of 12 14 September 2012 at 12:22am | IP Logged | ||
Good one! I briefly considered asking the same question about Welsh but I do not know if I'm ready to wait two years for the answer. ;) Sjheiss, I hope you will find fellow learners, do not despair. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| oziohume Bilingual Hexaglot Newbie Belgium Joined 4737 days ago 30 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan, Italian, French, German Studies: Dutch | Message 8 of 12 12 October 2013 at 2:28am | IP Logged | ||
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One of my best friends is a native Euskera speaker, and seeing him talking to other
people in Basque (Batua of course), is no doubt the most amazing thing i´ve seen live, language-wise. BTW: New Real Madrid player Asier Illaramendi is a native Basque speaker, you can see him speaking easily in Youtube videos, and he struggles strongly with Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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