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- Jon speaking Euskera, the ancestral language of the Basque people. Euskera is also called Euskara and in English, Basque.
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Basque, known natively as Euskara or Euskera, is spoken by as many as 1.2 million people, primarily in the historic Basque region of Europe, which includes the Spanish territories of Euskadi (País Vasco) and Navarra, where it is co-official alongside Spanish, as well as the Iparralde region of France. It is the only surviving language spoken by indigenous Iberians prior to the Roman conquest of Western Europe, and is therefore unrelated to other languages spoken today. Originally an oral culture, Basque speakers developed a literary tradition in the 16th century CE, which seems to have begun with the works of Bernard Etxepare, who published a compendium of Basque poetry in 1545. By the mid-20th century, however, the language had fallen into decline, thanks in part to significant persecution of Basque communities by successive French and Spanish governments. Though Basque remains unrecognized in France, a lively revitalization movement has taken hold in Spain since the country’s transition to democracy in 1978. Today, there is a prevalence of Basque media, including online - the ‘.eus’ top-level domain is reserved or Basque-language websites.
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Him speaking basque in a Castilian accent is reminding me of what Spanish sounded like to me before I learned any of it
Bruh
Nice humblebrag
I speak Spanish, it sounds like he's speaking Spanish but I have no idea what he is saying. Very trippy.
What he says in the language: No idea
What he says in his accent: completely Castellano.
"Castellano" isn't a word in English.
+Christian Jones-Hickey I know that. Many in English just say, 'Spanish,' but it doesn't really do the translation justice. I make the distinction between Spain Spanish and Central/Southern American Spanish. Castellano is a word in its own language to describe a person from Spain who speaks 'Spain' Spanish. If there was an adaption in English, it would be Castilian, but in Spain, it's Castellano. Since the language he is speaking is also a dialect in Spain, I would think that it would be more correct in correlation to Spanish geography and say the Spanish word, not the English adaption.
Pero, yo sé que es la palabra en inglés. Lo dije por una razón.
Batua accent is diferent the pronuncietion of some letters are diferent for example the J.He made a presentation about himself
Abel Power I'm not really sure what you are saying. I am not trying to be mean; I really just don't know...
Adam XYZ He is talking about himself.
some letters of the alphabet have diferent pronunciation in Basque it sounds similar to the spanish but is not equal. Euskara Batua is the neutral basque.My english is not perfect but hope you understand me
as a linguist, I can say to all commenters below that phonology and phonetics are extremely susceptible to areal transfer. In other words, it is not unusual for neighboring languages to sound similar, even if they are not related, simply due to extensive language contact
Andmunko True for example the southern slavic languages are nothing like the others in phonetics and sound more like italian...
Any thoughts or clues on the initial phonetics and tonal structure of Basque before contact with PIE speakers or is this simply lost?
Distinct, for sure, but not entirely foreign; it's likely each influenced the other, with Basque taking some Romance features while Ibero-Romance took some Vasconic features.
And you studied to arrive to this conclusion? Its fucking common sense pal.
@@dancm5929 what's wrong with you dude. it's not common sense at all. at least not to people who aren't into linguistics.
Finally I can here what Spanish sounds like to foreigners without understand a single word.
As an Italian that doesn't understand Spanish at all, I can confirm what you said. In fact, at beginning, I thought the guy was speaking about Euskara in Spanish
ahaha
It's like I'm waiting for him to speak spanish but it never happens lol
Basque isnt a romance language this is the reason why he doesn't speak spanish
@@mr.nanolando7892 whoosh
@@lewisbensted7161 damnit
@@mr.nanolando7892he probably does speak Spanish because he lives in Spain
He was a really strong Spanish accent. But none of the words are spanish lol.
+AmishRiot Yes, just like how the English accent is the most common in Scotland.
Well, he does say "bueno" a million times.
he´s speaking a plain basque, similar to the new speakers. That´s not the real accent of basque because he doesn´t pronounce some sounds properly
ya that and the bueno kept throwing me off!
Not entirely... People learning Basque as a native language (unlike him) don't have such a strong Spanish accent
lol whenever I hear Basque or Greek, it reminds me of the 'How English sounds to non-English speakers' vid, but like in the case of the Spanish.
0urMutualFriend This is completely true. I was aware of Greek, but had never heard Basque- I'd only seen it written. Granted, Greek also does not _look_ like Spanish either, but I'm very pleasantly surprised. I love the phonology of those three (and also that of Welsh, although it's quite different)
As an English speaker, I feel this way listening to Old English (real Old English, Anglo Saxon). I get the feeling I should be able to understand it but it's hopeless. In that case of course the languages are obviously related, unlike Spanish and Basque.
The English language is the global lingua franca to not even know or comprehend the English language shows that those individuals lack culture and civility.
@@ProbotX-eo5ln No it does not, there are a lot of reasons for a person to not know English and they are almost certainly going to be rich in culture, civility is totally unconnected.
EXACTLY. I love hearing the accent yet not understanding.
Little message addressing pretty much everything I see commented on this video:
1. The person on the video is speaking Basque language, which is not a dialect of Spanish but a language of his own and not even a Roman language (or language descending from Latin).
2. Basque is not his mother toungue. His mother tongue is Spanish. This is very evident by his very big Spanish accent (which is the same that I do as I am in the same condition).
3. I agree that his probably not the best person to make a demonstration of how Basque sound, they should have picked someone with Basque as their mother tongue.
4. There are comments of people saying he is not a "true" Basque. Well, he was born and raised in the Basque Country and speaks Basque, so he is as Basque as you can be (and so am I). I have done all my schooling in Basque since I was three and I still have a Spanish accent. You will just never get a perfect accent if it is not your mother tongue, as it is a very complicated language to learn, pronounce and put the intonation to.
5. That being said, I think that the people accusing people who speak Basque with an accent of not being "true Basques" are elitist and racist ignorants that are doing the language no favor, making people who are really putting the effort of learning the language (which is really endangered due to bigger languages' influence) feel bad about themselves, making them quit many times. So if our language (your mother tongue) disappears, you will be among the ones to blame.
ondo esanda!
Are you a native Basque speaker? It's cool that you even know any :)
Hana He defo knows his stuff. I am Basque myself too
Euskara ez da nire ama-hizkuntza baina Gasteizen jaio nintzen eta ikastola batean ikasi nuen, dena euskaraz (D modeloa) 3 urte nituenetik 18 urte bete arte.
Nire familiaren erdi bat Burgos probintziatik dator eta beste erdia beti Araban bizi izan da.
I would also say that the native accents of the Spanish dialects of Basque (from what I've heard) are also quite similar to the Castilian accent anyways, though probably to a lesser extent. By comparison, if you listen to native Basque speakers from the French Basque Country, they have a noticeable French-like accent. They completely lack the Castilian 'lisp', and sometimes even pronounce the r as in French. Like you said, it's mostly due to influence from a more popular or bigger language.
1- He speaks standard basque which is no one´s native language, it is only used in the media, formal speech and education.
2- In the Basque Country (mostly in the rural areas) you can find people whose native language is the regional dialect, they differ a lot in vocabulary.
3- Standard basque was created mixing central dialects, it was a very necessary process for saving the language from extinction and become a cult language.
So basically what happened in Korea during Japanese occupation.
Batua can be your native dialect if you're fron Araba or Nafarroa, it's still valid. Also he's mixing batua and bizkaiera cause he's from Bizkaia as he mentions.
It's not only used in media, when you study in the Álava province, euskara batua is what everyone speaks in that region of the basque country. This language was created for all basque dialects to understand via a common accent.
@@euriecierbide2618 I am from Gipuzkoa and speak batua too. So not only Araba and Nafarroa. Egun ona izan :)
He's NOT speaking a really standard Basque (even though he's trying to). He's speaking a dialect maybe from Bizkaia, but not a strong one so it's easy to understand him. Also the way he's speaking sounds closer to Spanish because he doesn't defer the sounds of "s" "x" and specially the "z". He pronounces everything as an "s" more like in Spanish which is why non speaking people can think it's similar or that it comes from a dialect of Spanish, but that's far from the truth.
As a native speaker of Castilian Spanish, it’s fascinating to hear how phonetically identical our accents are while simultaneously having no significant crossover between our languages. He might as well be speaking gibberish to me, save for a few proper nouns.
The basque phonetic is not comparable, he just doesn’t have the accent.
I a native Español castellano speaker
*screams in confusion*
Yesss I speak Spanish taught from Spain bc my family lives there though try are 🇵🇷 🇵🇪 I have learned the Castilian way my whole life it very much sounds the same crazy I’m also,basque in blood anyone o negative here
This is creepy, it feels like I completely forgot my mothertongue: Spanish.
I live in the Basque Country and Euskera is an amazing language. Love it
I know some Basque and I cannot understand the Spanish accent you speak there
@@Ethan-qo9rx Spanish accent?
Amazing! When you read something in Euskera, they have a lot of K, Z and T, but you don't hear it actually. The spoken language sounds very soft and round.
^
Basque is so fascinating because it is totally unique. That makes it really magical.
"Basque is unrelated to the other languages of Europe and is a language isolate to any other known living language."
''bueno'' is the only word i understand ^^
I really wish they would add subtitles to these videos :(
no.
Bailey Derby SOOO MUCH!!!
they do now and... well, see for yourself
I'd love to see subtitles in written Basque
Basque is such a fascinating language ❤️
You can tell Spanish is his first language. Native basques have a very different accent and pronunciation.
Spanish actually got its sounds from basque, the southern basque dialect because it's basque speaker sound different.
Eta, bueno...
Sisi, apología del terror eh?
?
Ciro Ivan eta traducido al español es como decir y, y se murió=eta hil zen
@@alvarofernandezz estaba de coña
@@cirotron lo dices de broma, no? Eta quiere decir Y. Vale? Y. Zu eta ni. Tu y yo. Ya vale de soltar cosas asi
El español adoptó las vocales vascas.
proud of being basque :)
Euskara da euskaldun egiten gaituena- Euskara is what makes us basque
ibaicosgayaprieto I'm German. Sometimes I wish my people spoke a language as exotic as your people do!
Rik KZ Not true. For a Basque, every who speaks Basque is Basque.
Euskaldun: euskara-dun, aquél que habla euskara. En vasco es la única palabra que existe para decir vasco, y significa "quién habla euskera". Cuando decimos "Mikel euskalduna da" estamos diciendo: Mikel sabe hablar en euskera. Un africano recién llegado que habla vasco es "euskaldun" un vasco de 40 apellidos que no habla vasco, será vasco, pero no es "euskaldun" para los euskaldunes.
Según dicen, la sociedad vasca siempre ha tenido bastante de matriarcado. La mujer vasca siempre ha sido muy fuerte, y de mucho caracter. Y al hombre no le ha quedado más remedio que dejarle mandar.
Mikel Arana Etxarri Menos patriarcado que los vecinos si....de ahi a un matriarcado, entendido como lo opuesto al patriarcado no. Parece ser que las mujeres heredaban en vez de los hombres, y que al basarse todo en la 'casa' y ellas eran las 'caseras'....pues tenian bastante poder (hace mucho mucho tiempo). Y si que habia mujeres que ejercian puestos administrativos, de jefes. etc....pero dependiendo en que familia y que valle. Todo se organizaba dependiendo de cada casa, cada uno con sus normas del caserio. Pero no se ha mantenido como forma extendida hasta hoy, algun rastro queda igual, como el que las mujeres lleven las cuentas, y poco mas. Vamos, que en PV, en los 50, si alguien iba a la universidad era el chaval antes que la hermana, y si un hombre folla con muchos campeon, si lo hace la chica zorra.
Thank you for recording this in Basque. My grandfather's last name: Garmendia. I visited him in Mexico and met his brother, my great uncle who wouldn't speak Spanish, he only spoke Euskara.
He speaks Basque with a cute thick Spanish accent.
The Basques who live in the northern part use an accent more similar to french
@@iza_ro03 I can imagine given that southern france used to be largely basque and still has a bit
sounds amazing!
Que orgullo que esta lengua se mantuvo, ni los romanos los pudieron voltear y además la gastronomía es sublime.
Oooooow, YES!
Beautiful language, beautiful people, and beautiful culture. Gosh, I wish I was Basque.
Thank you. Mila esker
Excellent presentation.
Sounds nice. I like it!
Greatly appreciating your efforts from India..it is great ancient language. Basque.
He's talking about his stay in the USA. (And stuff about his life)
So much in love with basque! I am glad that I had the opportunity to study basque once. Sadly I cannot remember a lot but I’m eager to get started again 😄
Muchas gracias por el aporte.
Un idioma colosal en todos los sentidos.
I have a friend who speaks basque and from what I understand is that the Spanish in Spain got its accent from basque.. which would make sense because basque is considered older than latin and possibly one of the oldest languages
He is speaking Basque, but with Spanish words and phrases here and there. As for it sounding like Spanish, it's likely because Spanish is his first/dominant language and Basque is his second language so he speaks Basque with a Spanish accent.
Also, Spanish appeared as vulgar Latin in places that were or had been Basque-speaking, so it makes sense that the phonetics of Spanish were heavily influenced by the Basque substrate.
@@DJTreviCSRecordings I speak Portuguese and English and I never mix them. The people who I talk to in Portuguese don't understand English and vice versa.
Many words simply "sound spanish" because they are direct imports, happens in all languages. The thing is that you simply cant "invent" new words in a language that comes from the stone age...
@@Trikipum Right.
awesome. I wish I could speak Basque.
me gusta muchisimo!!
I'm am a native (Mexican) Spanish speaker, and the linguistic rhythms of Basque sound just like Spanish spoken by a Spaniard (I., not like Spanish spoken by me, a Mexican.) I imagine that many years of co-existence had made Spanish and Basque share some common traits, and his Basque seems to have a number of Spanish loan words. I imagine that, like Welsh or my grandparent's Zapotec, it's impossible to have a "pure" language. (Nor is it desirable. I think one of English and Spanish's linguistic strength is the willingness to borrow words as needed from other languages, to expand the vocabulary.)
yes English is like 50% french :)
gimmechocs exactly. As a Frenchman whose Ancestors were the Parisii Tribe of Gaul I can say I see a few French Loan Words in Welsh. Almost all Languages tend to borrow from Others. The only exception being Sentinelese because the Natives of Sentinel Island are the most isolated Tribe in the World who allow no non Sentinelese People onto their Island.
askatasuna euskal herriarentzat
For me (who doesn't speak a word of spanish) it sounds identical like when people speak spanish in a TV show hahah :D
AstekOst hahaha and english is closer to spanish then basque 😂
It depends in lots of things the accent, for example, is not the same speaking a close dialect of a small village or living in a city, where the common Basque heard tends to be the neutral/standar. The dialects are so different from the standard version, even sometimes is a bit hard to understand others (Scottish slang and West London accents are different, New York or California or Texas...)
Also, in the northern part (Miarritze-Biarritz, Baiona-Bayonne, Maule-Mauleon) their accent sounds more like French, but in the southern part (Bilbo, Donostia-San Sebastian, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Iruñea-Pamplona) it may sound more like Spanish.
Also, is not the same if you learned it later or at school (i mean, when Basque it's not your mother tongue) or if your family talks to you since you're a child
Idk. I thought this sounded almost Scandinavian or something.
Congratulations on learning and using a foreign language. You seem to speak smoothly, with little hesitation to express yourself. As with anyone, it is normal to have an accent. As hard as I try, and I live in Kyiv, I have an accent when speaking daily in Russian.
The only Old-European language in Europe which is still alive
@Rede Emitel - Afiliada RPS Those languages come from the Urals. Basque is the only true European language still spoken.
@The505Guys pretty much yes. Basques are the descendants of native European hunter-gatherers (light brown skin and blue eyes) and Anatolian farmers (white skin). They did not mix with the Indo-European nor the other waves of migrations (Turkic, Finnic...). Furthermore, the Basque language has names of tools like "aizkorri" (axe) that come from "haitz" (stone), meaning they are saying that word since the Stone Age. I know that Finnish, Lithuanian and Sardinian are quite conservative languages, but nothing compared to Basque, the only true European language!
@@sergipigrau1176 hey dumbass, your forgetting about albanians(illyrians) who even though are considered indo-European, have proven to originate in west balkans, modern day Bosnia and croatia. The language doesnt relate to any other.
@@sergipigrau1176 let me get this straight before you get too full of yourself. It's been proven that albanians(illyrians) have ORIGINATED in west balkans, croatia and Bosnia. We are only called indo-European because we went on the same route to europe as all the others. Indo-European isnt a race or a culture, it's a classification of a place were europeans spread across europe. But like I said we are originated in europe so we were here before anyone else. Everything about us proves that. Language, culture, race(bloodline). Dont get me wrong, basques are amazing people that kept their identity for a very long time. But we were here first and also created the first civilization in europe, the illyrian civilization.
@@sergipigrau1176 come on basque loser, are you gonna reply or what?
Ok Finns, you finally have found your relatives.
Maternally, many of them are!
Nope! no relations.
Love it
Very interesting
I recently found out thru ancestry that I am part Basque. Is is so cool to hear the language. Thank you!
Hola Jon, sabes de links donde se pueda estudiar euzkera en forma gratuita??? Te agradeceré!
Mis ancestros son vascos y se establecieron en Sudamérica, te agradezco tu interés!
What a beautiful language
The language is beautiful! I can hear bits of Spanish and maybe French. Thank you!
I would like Jon to whisper this in my ear all night.
Damn right.
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+Vincent Florian haha XD
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+boneair Who doesn't? He's gorgeous!
My grandmother's language :)
Very good
When I was a kid my father, mother and a friend of theirs (Celestino) would speak something like this. My parents were born and raised in Los Ranchos, New Mexico. I was born in Arizona. Yes, we spoke Spanish in our home. Celestino I was told was Basque. He and my father worked sheep together amongst other jobs. I was a kid and I remember Celestino coming over every now and then. They would be speaking Spanish which of course I understood. Then after awhile they would start speaking a language that I didn't understand but sounded familiar. I would catch a word here and there that I would understand. I never interrupted them to ask because I was a kid and you didn't interrupt adults. What this guy is speaking sounds like what my parents and Celestino were speaking but I'm not really sure. I never really thought about when I was a kid. It was many years later that it crossed my mind. My parents we born in New Mexico back in 1912 and 1915. I think my older sister would understand them because Celestino and her were friends.
i live in spain, navarra, iruña, so ive heard this unique language, its the living proof of a very very old language which has been carefully preserved in northern spain and its a pride for basque people because its the only pre-romanic language preserved there. its sounds monotonous, flat, it has some unique sounds too, and its so different you cannot compare it to any other language.
*pre-indoeuropean. And agree, very beautiful
@@Salomious Like @Salomious said, not just pre-romanic, it's pre-indoeuropean. The only remaining example in Europe. A precious treasure and a pride for all Europeans, it should be.
Everyone in the comments: Wow! Sounds just like Spanish!
Basque substrate in Spanish: Am I a joke to you?
Nice
The same thing happens in fairness with Irish Gaelic. Here in Ireland many people speak a standardised form of the language with many English influences from pronunciation to vocabulary to even grammatical structures. It's a common occurrence when a minority language comes into a great deal of contact with a majority one.
The most difficult language in Europe ,grammatically and probably one of the hardest languages in the world too (grammatically ) .Extremely difficult and hard but at the same time ,really ascinating and interesting.Euskal Herrira joan nahi dut.Ez naiz euskalduna ,murciana naiz, baina nire Euskadi nire Euskadi da.Muxus eta agur!!!Gora Euskal Herria eta gora euskara !!!😍😍😍😍.
Aşık oldum
I'm in love with him now...
The most beautiful language 😍 basque
What is interesting is that the Basque have some genetic markers that while definitely European, are distinct from both Northern European and Southern European/Middle Eastern, having seemingly diverged much much earlier, long before any neolithic migrations out of Anatolia happened. As for the language, there is evidence according to recent research that an ancestor of modern Basque at one time had relatives. This is attested by scant inscriptions in Latin and Celtiberian scripts, and there is now speculation that members of that family (the Aquitanian family) might have even existed outside of Iberia, namely in Sardinia and the British Isles, where unique toponyms and also plant names (in the case of Sardinia) have worked their way into later Indo-European languages and could represent fragmented and unknown relatives of Basque that have been absorbed. What is also interesting is that the Basque were some of the last people in Europe, and especially western Europe to convert to Christianity; tombstones displaying pagan imagery from as recently as the 12 and 1300's can be seen and oral legends of witch's caves abound. Moorish literature from that time describes the largely unique Basque religion somewhat and the people who practiced it as "Magus" or "wizards", a word which they used for the adherents of any non-Abrahammic belief system. Perhaps the most damning piece of information on that font however would be that Ferdinand and Isabella led a harsh campaign to stamp out this religion and convert the last Basque polytheists to Catholicism at the same time as they were spearheading the inquisition, which is something almost never mentioned in history books.
Solo entendí algunas palabras "bueno" "cultura diferente" "así que" "mi familia" "europa" y "madrileño" 😅 y posiblemente alguna otra.
"os diré"
Es q no es euskaldun de cuna, se le nota. Ha aprendido en la escuela o academia y ademas es de Bilbao o alrededores
The reason sounds exactly like spanish is because he's fluent at it as well. Anybody who's basque specially being born in the spanish region and also happen to speak spanish would have the same lisp or something.
Part Basque here from the family that came with the conquistadors to New Mexico/ southern Colorado to California. Lots of Basque in Central California The language is difficult to learn. cheers
Sooo handsome 🥰
Gora Jon Ander !! ezin luke inoz egin zuk egin duzuna... oso urduri jarriko nintzateke >w
I've heard it a few times. He seems to say he is 28, from Biscay, came to New York two years ago, At the start it was very (hard?) - ososo saia or whatever. The language was very hard? Didn't know anyone in the whole of America. Then very slowly he got on (aurrera etortzen zara?), got to know very different cultures, get to know people. It gradually gets a little bit eaeier to understand every time I listen to it. Can anyone explain, translate?
That is just about it, yes. Oso zaila does mean very hard, and aurrera etortzen zara means you open yourself more o other people
How do you know all that?
si, comprendo mucho -- y ha capito!
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: th-cam.com/video/fKXnz9YMa9A/w-d-xo.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)
It kinda sounds like spanish, though I know they are not related in any way.
+azmhyr Spanish was heavily influenced by Basque pronounciation.
+The Star Brotherhood Why not on the contrary?
+Igor Yegin In fact in this case is the contrary, I'm basque, and I can tell that even if he is basque spanish is probably his mother languaje. Nothing wrong with that, that's my case to.
Jon A. Pradini
Then explain, why do Basques in France speak with French-like pronunciation?
I'm on your side, I think I misexplained. That is what I'm trying to say. Not every, in fact not many, basques use basque as their main language, the guy on this video has a very notizable spanish influence.
Sadly, his accent sounds completely spanish to non spanish speaking people,which makes is whole speech to nothing else other than....spanish.
That's probably because is from the south of basque country ^^
We don't have this accent in the north ;)
except for the fact that it's nothing other than Basque.
Basque is a bit different between the north and the south :P and there are different dialects in the basque country
If you whant to heard real good basque speakers: www.ahotsak.com/english/
That's because Basque language was born before than Spanish. Spanish consonant sounds come mainly from Basque its self. This is not sad, it is just how this ancient language sounds.
I think I only understood 3 words that he said. I only speak Spanish and English. But it's so beautiful to hear this language.
and what he is saying with his eyes.... dreamy
Oddly enough, Basque sounds generally like Spanish despite most words and the grammar being very different. Maybe it's because of the centuries of exposure to Spanish. But also Spanish has been influenced by Basque.
I think it sounds like Spanish too
Yeah I've read that Basque is one of the languages that influenced early Spanish development as the Vulgar Latin of Hispania gradually developed into the Spanish language so it makes sense that they sound a bit similar - especially given Basque would have been spoken in quite a few parts of Spain before the Spanish language spread.
Calum Iain I've read that too, but I've also read that some experts disagree with that. The reason they sound similar could be Spanish influence on Basque. Spanish is the dominant language in Spain (including the Basque part of Spain) so it makes sense
Yuri Ivanov The Basque Country has been so isolated, there is near to no influence between the two languages, and if there has been, Basque would have influenced Spanish, given the fact that it is the oldest modern language spoken on the European continent. I have met people from the Basque country, and they all say that Spaniards are terrible at Basque, that the accent is completely different. This man is obviously speaking with much more of a Spanish accent, given that when my Basque friend Ainhoa spoke Basque for me, it was much less lilted and fluid.
Clara L Matthews I have a hard time believing that Spanish has had little to no influence on Basque. Don't almost all Basque speakers also speak Spanish? Whatever though. There were also other languages that used to spoken in the Iberian peninsula that are no longer spoken today (see Paleohispanic languages).
la traduccion automatica a español es mágica 🤣🤣🤣
Es horrenda.
Wow
Love the sound of it. Don't speak Spanish but sounds similar. Just in passing feels slightly Greek, not the actual words but the speed and the way it rolls. Hard to explain
interesting language O_O
It's the other way around, many Spanish words are borrowed from basque.
I don't think so. There are more words of Arabic origin in Spanish than there is Basque.
The Basque influence on Spanish is very small
It’s interesting how different the Basque dialects sound. I just came from the video of Andrew speaking Basque and compared to that, this has much greater Castilian influence. I remember reading that the main Basque language used as the lingua Franca in the Basque Country was a standardized version developed by scholars in the 20th Century, and i can see why. Even as a non-Basque speaker, I can tell that the dialects of Basque are extremely distinct.
He sounds like the 4th of July. We hear this every year on the 4th in northern Nevada.
O Basco merecia ser purificado, para manter suas raízes, e ter seu próprio falante no Google Tradutor.
Creo que ya lo tiene pero es bastante mierda la verdad.
Eu, como brasileiro não entendi uma frase formada sequer, socorro.
I worked in a library in which there was an ancient facsimile book, a Basque grammar intended to learn the language, titled "El impossible vencido", The Impossible thing Overcame.
"Its title responds to the general belief that Euskera had neither rules nor grammar. Larramendi undertakes his company of unraveling the rules of the Basque language to offer them to his detractors. And he succeeds in his endeavor, coming out gracefully and triumphantly, by giving the press the first printed Grammar of Basque, in a certain way, complete and exact, even making an incursion into the dialect peculiarities of Biscayan and Laburdino -Of course, his Grammar, like all those of his time, conforms to the Greek and Latin models: declensions and conjugations, syntax and prosody-. His work evidently caused astonishment and his real or supposed enemies fell silent."
Boise, Idaho and Bakersfield, California. That's all I've got.
I have read many comments and I must say that
1) I am really happy not to see political comments :) its not common in spanish
2) I appreciate your opinions and understand totally that it sounds to you like Spanish. I always have wondered how does an Spanish person feel it, if they hear a conversation in Basque in a foreign country, would they realized that its Basque, would they think its another language or wouldn't be able to match it with any other?
3) Some people comment that he uses typical Spanish words like "bueno, y tal,..." Well, in my opinion, if you are bilingual and you live in a place/environment where both languages are understood, it's normal to use a couple of some words in one language and some other in the other. On the other hand, there are Basque words that we use them even we are having a Spanish conversation: ama (mother/madre), aita (father/padre), baserri (farmhouse/caserio)... Also whatever thing/tool that someone uses it often: arkatza (pencil/lapiz), atxurra (hoe, drunkness/azada,borrachera) 😜
4) There are comments about if he is native or not, if he learned it at school or maybe later as an adult, if his parents do it or not... For many Basque native people like me, this guesses are pointless. The most important thing is to use it :) that's why I really appreciate his effort and willingness to talk about his personal life.
I hope you liked my post (:
Just clarify as my comment in 1) could be missunderstood: I mean that if the threat was in Spanish, it would be probable that people from different sides of ideology would start discussing about politics, leaving instead the main topic here aside: languages
Yeah, no. Basque(Euskadi) is nof like any of its Romance neighbors (Galician and Portuguese to the west, Castilian to the south, Catalan to the east, French to the north, and Occitan to the northeast). However, because it is surrounded by Romance languages and has been for many centuries, it has been influenced both by choice and opression by these languages and at the same time helped shape them to what we are now familiar. Still, much of Basque is still all its own language and does not easily translate to the surrounding languages. It may sound like Spanish, but I assure you Spanish speakers not familiar with the Euskadi language will find it almost impossible to decipher.
Rabbit You're right. I know it's only anecdote but I am from Latin America, I understood some words but this was not mutually intelligible like Portuguese or Catalan.
Rabbit don't give that Romance Language bullshit, the Roman Culture had a lot of Gaulish Influence in the Language prior to the rise of Rome.
WIKITONGUES: Jon speaking in alien
Sounds like a Madrileño spekaing some ancient Celtic or Baltic/Altaic language with a strong Spanish accent, or something like that
I should`ve been able to speak this language.. As u can see by my last name, lol
***** What does mine mean? Sarabia - a woman told me that it was Basque, but she didn't really tell me what it meant, she said it's a place but didn't get a chance to ask her where! lol
***** Do you know the word for "tackler" in Basque, if there is one?
My moms maiden name is Ulibarri which is basque.
etxegarai in basque and means something like the higest house.
+Kyle Withee my last name is Loynaz..also basque
Busturitik gorantzixek, Argentinatik etorri nintzen oin dela 15 urte, da hamen naukazu, euskeraz berba eitzen❤️
es guapo, galante hermano!
My family came from Spain to the US in the late 1500s....my grandmother told me we were basque....anyways I was at a show one time and I seen this lady I said to her ..my goodness you look just like my grandmother and her sisters ..to me the resemblance was so unreal...I said what nationality are you ..she said basque...blew my mind !...pretty cool tho!
Not to sound weird or anything but, he's really cute lol
Weird or not, I was thinking the same thing. I'm reading Don Quixote, and he's battling a Basque squire, so now I have this guy's visage in my mind as I am reading the passage.
David Adams haha truuuu I just got that book for class. :P
SarionFetecuse Original. An insult would be taken better had it been clever.
Christopher Dillard I hope you like it. I have fallen in love with the book, but, then, I'm not reading it for a class.
Whoopty doo ^
Euskera light/blandengue.
Arrazoi. Hemengo honen euskara ez da hoberena
@@alistairdodds6206 seguid criticando a los euskaldunberris y veremos quien lo habla el próximo siglo.
@@tximeleta35 Oye pero tranquilo. Yo no critico su acento, me alegro de que sea euskaldun. Lo que digo es que para un video que sirve como demostracion de como suena el euskara han elegido a alguien a quien se le nota mucho la influencia del castellano.
Nire hizkuntza gogokoena! Gora Euskal Herria! ❤❤ 🇦🇷🇦🇷
He's so pretty
Glad I'm not the only one that thinks that :)
For the foreign people who think Basque sounds really similar to Spanish, that's far from the truth. He's NOT speaking a really standard Basque (the lenguage created for all Basque speakers to understand each other), even though he's trying to. For a big part he's speaking a dialect from Bizkaia, but not a strong one so it's easy to understand him. Also the way he's speaking sounds closer to Spanish because he doesn't defer the sounds of "s" "x" and specially the "z". He pronounces everything as an "s" more like in Spanish which is common for people that Basque is not their mother toung, and also, which is why non speaking people can think it's similar or that it comes from a dialect of Spanish, but it's a completely different lenguage.
In fact at beginning, for me that I'm Italian, I thought the guy was speaking about Euskara in Spanish.
Therefore I think the Euskara is what sounds Spanish for the people that doesn't understand Spanish at all like me
I’m Argentine I speak castellano and I have no idea what this guy is saying except a few words
They are "pet words" or filler words in Spanish (when he is trying to remember how to follow up, but went on blank, or trying to remember the Basque word,; So he just said it in his mother tongue (Sp) to make it fluent)
His body language and pauses make it seem like he's speaking Spanish, that and a slight accent.
I would say that he has a very strong Spaniard feel and sense and personality in terms of the linguistic field of the beauty of a language. I was able to understand maybe 1% of what he was saying. The odd thing is that I speak perfect Spanish. I happen to be Puerto Rican with Spaniard ancestors.