#Basque #Euskara #Spanish
Can a Spanish speaker understand Basque also known as Euskara? Today I will answer this and many more questions. Like do Latin Americans have Basque blood? What is the history of the Basque language? Can you explain the Euskara language?

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Note: Euskara or Euskera are the same.

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Transcript
What’s up guys. My hair has disappeared…. Hahahah
Today I will be reacting to the Basque language ( Now, I know this is a very unique language different from anything else, so I don’t anticipate to understand anything, but we shall see. I’m dying of curiosity
After reacting I am going to speak about the Basque language history and finally look at the written version of the language.

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Wow I can tell you that as expected it was impossible to understand. I did catch some words in Spanish, which surprised me because sometimes languages that have been threatened try to remain more pure like in Paris the have Stop signs but in Quebec they say Arrête because Qeubecois people have fought to keep French alive in Canada.

Also the intonation was very European Spanish. I wonder if he was somebody who learn Euskara. Please let us know in the comments.

I love the sounds of the language. There was a lot of rolling r way more than Spanish ANd sounds that I wonder if they have influenced Spanish. It is really amazing and I wish we got a chance to listen to this beautiful language even more.



So now let’s take a look at the Basque language and its history.

Man the Basque language is old… and when I say old I mean even older than queen Elizabeth And she has been there since the beginning.

In fact basque is one of the oldest languages spoken today… Hard to know how old because not even the queen can tell us hmmmmmm
I wonder if Basque is older than the Tamil language. When I went to Tamil Nadu in India, Tamillians told me theirs was the oldest language still spoken today. Fun fact for you all.

Basque is also a unique language… You know how in my channel I have reacted to dozens of romance languages that in a way are related to Spanish. Well Euskara doesn’t have any cousins or brothers. It’s alone in the world.
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Euskara is very much alive today. There are over a million speakers between Spain and France.
It has its own language academy and it is an official language of the autonomous Basque community.

But this was not just always the case. At some point the oldest language in Europe almost disappears.. And why you may ask? Well the reason many good things disappear in life, grumpy old men.

Well in France, Napoleon tried to unify France under one language, but in Spain, Francisco Franco the ultimate grumpy man said that Euskara was banned because the Basque people fought against him in the Spanish civil war.
Francisco Franco would have humiliating penalties for people who spoke the language, so people kept it secret in the intimacy of their homes and some afraid that even the walls of their houses were listening and decided to forget the language completely.

In the midst of all this. A radical separatist violent group ETA was born that pushed for independence for years, but the group recently disbanded. Again as a Latin American, that was mostly what I heard about Basque people in the news and I don’t know much about it. And in this channel I will stay focused on the language.

As a Colombian, I know how it is when people just connect you to something negative about your nation that they hear in the news. Trust me. I know Basqqeu culture and Euskara language are bigger, diverse and their language enriches our lives.

Besides something else I heard about the Basque people was from my grandfather saying that my family were Basque… I haven’t confirmed this but it is true that many Basque people moved to Latin America.