The Untraceable Origin of the Basque Language

The Basque or Euskara language is officially spoken by the Basque people in North-eastern Spain and South-western France. However, due to the fact that Basque is not an Indo-European language, and there are no obvious similarities to any of the languages from the neighbouring countries, people, including experts, are still puzzled about the origin of the Euskara or Basque language. Some people believe that it is related to Georgian, while some linguists believe that it may be related to Caucasus and Non-Arabic languages in Africa.While the origin of the Basque language is not really traceable, despite the numerous hypotheses about its origin, historians believe that Basque is one of the oldest languages in the world; this is because there are a number of Basque words that are not usually understood by people, even in the countries of France and Spain. Linguists believe that these old Basque words, and first written traces of Euskara, date from the first centuries after Christ. In addition, experts believe that Euskara was first introduced to Spain by immigrants from Asia Minor at the beginning of the Bronze Age (circa 2000 BC)Today, the standardized form of the Basque language is called Euskara Batua; and thus, Euskara is officially used the education, in the media, and in literature. In addition, through the standardization of the Basque language in the 1960s native Basque speakers are now provided for and guaranteed to have an effective communication and efficient education in their own language.Aside from the newly developed and standardized form of the Basque language, there are a number of main Basque dialects, namely, Bizkaian, Gipuzkoan, and Upper Navarrese in Spain, and Navarrese Lapurdian and Zuberoan in France. The linguistic distance is substantial:it is more or less impossible for Bizkaian dialect speakers to understand Zuberoan speakers in France. Learning the Basque language is very important, especially to people living in the area of Basque native speakers. However, learning this language or any one of its dialects is not that easy; efficient training and sufficient knowledge are necessary in order to understand the Euskara language.Are Castilian and Basque languages related? What are significant differences of these two languages of Spain?Just like any other Spanish languages, such as Catalan and Galician, Euskara has an official regional status in the country. Thus, learning this language is important both in education and international situations.There are may be significant differences between these two languages, both in spelling pronunciation, and grammar. The two are in fact not related at all.Basque is interesting to learn, not only for its system on how to speak and write this language, but also for its interesting history and untraceable origin. In addition, The Basque language is important both in Spanish and French culture, and thus, it deserves proper respect and accurate language translation through professional language translation and interpreting services.