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The Influence of Spanish on Basque

The Influence of Spanish on Basque . Indo-European Italic Romance Italo -Western Gallo-Iberian Ibero -Romance West Iberian Spanish Castilian. Basque. Spanish Basque . Influences on Basque over the years: Celtic Latin Spanish French English. Spanish Words in Basque

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The Influence of Spanish on Basque

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  1. The Influence of Spanish on Basque

  2. Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Western Gallo-Iberian Ibero-Romance West Iberian Spanish Castilian Basque Spanish Basque

  3. Influences on Basque over the years: • Celtic • Latin • Spanish • French • English

  4. Spanish Words in Basque • kotxecoche • defendatu defender • dinosauriodinosaurio • dorpetorpe

  5. Basque Nationalism • Basque language very important in Basque Identity • Founder of Basque Nationalism: Sabino Arana; end lf 19th century • Arana’s greatest linguistic concern was to keep Basque free of loanwords • Rartiticulation of Basque nationalism under Krutwig with reverse language planning at the heart of it. Basque education in schools • Batua

  6. Side 1 The number of Spanish words in Basque is increasing Side 2 The number of Spanish words in Basque is remaining the same

  7. Methodology • Go through D section of Basque-English Dictionary (1932) and extract words of Spanish origin • Go through Morris Pocket Euskara-Ingelesa/English-Basque Dictionary (1998) and do the same • Identify words that aren’t found in the other • (Verify origin) • Total the number of words from each dictionary and discover if 1998 has more Spanish words

  8. Analysis 113 MORE words in the 1998 dictionary

  9. Problems Individual differences of dictionaries Verification of origins—Latin or Spanish? Time span Words in 1932 version not found in 1998 version

  10. The number of Spanish words in Basque seems to be increasing Conclusion

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