Spanish Speaker Reacts to Basque (Euskara) Language
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
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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.
Shout out to @HellaBasque for sharing great content that helped me create this video.
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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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I am alone in the world. Nobody is like me. Cry
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Just kidding Euskara language...
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.
Es cierto que este hombre seguramente no sea un hablante nativo, tiene un acento castellano muy marcado, pero lo que no te han dicho en otros comentarios es que a pesar de eso, incluso en el caso de hablantes nativos, la fonología del euskera y la del castellano es muy similar. En gran medida esto no es por influencia del castellano al euskera, sino del revés, del euskera al castellano. Se cree que el castellano surgió en la frontera entre las provincias de Burgos, Cantabria, Bizkaia y Araba, estas dos últimas vascas, por lo que el euskera tuvo una enorme influencia desde el mismo principio en la diferenciación del castellano de otras lenguas iberorromances como el asturleones y el gallegoportugués (así como el aragonés y el gascón de otras lenguas occitanorromances como el catalán). Una de las mayores influencias del euskera sobre el castellano es la existencia de únicamente cinco sonidos vocálicos, a e i o u (creo que la única romance aparte del castellano con este sistema vocálico es el aragonés, también muy influenciado por el euskera como he dicho). Así que claramente dos lenguas con exactamente los mismos sonidos vocálicos y pocas diferencias en las consonantes van a sonar parecidas. Aún así se escuchas a hablar a un vasco que tiene el euskera como lengua materna se nota claramente que tiene su propio acento y su propia musicalidad. Incluso hay hablantes nativos que tienen un acento vasco muy marcado hablando en castellano.
Basque has indeed influenced the entonation of Spanish. The area of birth of Castillian is northern Burgos, which was partially Basque speaking in the past and it's bordering with the Basque Country.
In fact, there is a relatively proven theory that claims that Spanish, unlike most of other latin languages, has only 5 vowel sounds (a,e,i,o,u) because of influence of Basque.
That being said, as some other people have mentioned, he is non-native and I would suspect he has learned Basque at school and not practiced super often. Nevertheless, he has quite an advanced level, definitely enough to use Basque in any situation. I personally find great to see non-native speakers taking the step to make sure that our loved language doesn't become a museum piece of collection.
We love the last thing you say: " our loved language doesn't become a museum piece of collection." very true. Thanks for the info. Subscribe and tell us more in our next videos.
Importante! El euskara suena a castellano NO por influencia de éste sobre aquel, sino al contrario. El castellano suena así debido al Euskara, es decir, la fonología del español fue influencia desde un inicio por el Vasco.
The fellow that is shown as now living in N.Y. is definitely NOT a native speaker of Basque. His native language is, without any doubt, Spanish. He does also commit several grammar mistakes when expressing himself in Basque.
A friend of mine from Madrid once told me that Basque has "no surprising sounds". I think most Brits would say it sounds exactly like Spanish. Thanks for the videos mate, they're always interesting
Glad you enjoyed it. And what your friend commented since to be true
Depends on the dialect. There are two distinct S sounds written as s or z (no "th" sound, like in Euro Spanish), there are palatal consonants in many dialects (written as "dd" or "tt"), and the French Basque dialects are heavily influenced by French pronunciation (the ü sound stands out). Also the accent/emphasis is less pronounced than in Spanish, with emphasis usually on the second syllable, not the second-to-last like in Spanish. But yeah, Standard Basque is still probably the most similar language phonetically to Spanish, since the vowels are basically the same and the Z sound is the only thing that doesn't exist in Spanish.
Of course a person from Madrid would say something like that. Because they have a natural bias of course.
There's a saying that goes"ignorance is bold". Easy to say that ignoring Basque was influential giving shape to old Castilian from vulgar Latin. like 5 vowel sounds, formation of some words and even words like izquierda (ezkerra) and many others: mochila, cencerro, bacalao, aquelarre, chabola, alud... And surnames like: García, Etxewhatever (Etxevarria, Etxeandia...) Landa, Agirre, Mendoza, Zaldibar, Uribe, Salazar, Portuondo, Montoya, Allende, Zelaia, Uribe...
It's like here in Wales where they speak Welsh but then use English words where something new has been invented like Ambewlans instead of Ambulance
Cool. Do you speak Welsch?
@@ConvoSpeak hola. Lo siento. No puedo hablar la ideoma de gales pero me gusta mucho español y aprendo un poco italiano.
You are close! I'll try to explain it. There are a lot of non native speakers, especially in the cities, so they "learned" the language as adults. Also its gets usual that many people tend to use the same tags as we use in Spanish. "Bueno" is a frequently used tag when speaking, just like a "so", "well" or "OK" in English.
In some areas instead of the Spanish word BUENO we use the word in Euskara BENO, without the U, that is almost the same tag.
I think is important you know that Euskara co-lived with Common Latin wich is the root for Castilian. That is the reason for, among other little things...
- Spanish only have 5 vocal sounds
- B and V sounds exactly the same. Euskara doesn't have these letters: V, C, Ñ.
- Euskara took some new words at a time of Spanish (Aireportua, telebista, informatika...)
- Euskara gave some words to Spanish: izquierda (ezkerra, left & lefthanded), aquelarre (akelarre, coven/witches sabbath), mochila (motxila, backpack), cencerro (zintzarri, cow bell), chatarra (txatarra, metal scrap/junk), chaparro (txaparro, short and stout person)...
Euskara is not only the oldest European language, it is pre-roman, it's consider as one of the most difficult languages to learn.
Os invito ( @convospeak y todo el mundo) a reaccionar a algún vídeo de turismo sobre el País Vasco, Bilbao, Donosti, Araba, los deportes autóctonos, etc. Tierra de tradiciones, historia, verdes montañas, mar bravo, buena cocina y mucho más. Somos la segunda mayor concentración mundial de Estrellas Michelin por habitante solo detrás de Tokyo.
I hope I've been helpful. :)
@@ConvoSpeak Cymraeg
El tío que habla vasco en el vídeo probablemente aprendió el vasco después del castellano, tiene acento y usa “loan words” del español jaja
Así parece. Has escuchado otros vascos hablar???
Suena a hablante nativo, pero no lo habla muy bien porque no lo usa mucho.
PD: Soy hablante nativo.
@@pyrenaea3019 Hauxe da
@@pyrenaea3019 Si eso te suena a nativo, permiteme dudar de tu PD. Tiene problemas con TS, TZ y TX. Claro signo de no nativo.
@@pyrenaea3019
Lo hablará muy bien, solo que no tan bien el batua
“txoriak txori” is a pretty good song in basque if anybody wants to check it out
U so cute like ur new haircut x 🥰
Thanks :)
If you’re a fan of rock or metal music I recommend checking out Berri Txarrak. Their songs are in Euskera. Gracias por tu canal y por ayudarme a mejorar mi Español!
Excelent video! Nice haircut haha
Thanks!!!
Huntza is a wonderful band. You'll love their music.
Es otro idioma con algunas palabras en Castellano pero con acento netamente español europeo , el Castellano tiene sus origenes en el norte de España donde habia mucha influencia del Vasco.
It is interesting that some words in Spanish come from Basque. For example, the word for "left" (esquerda) comes from Basque.
Remember as well that surnames like Velasco (literally "little crow"), García (most probably from Gaztea - young) and Bolívar have Basque origin. It would be even more interesting if the idea that typical Spanish change f < h (like filius - hijo and facere - hacer) is a Basque influence was confirmed.
they influence alot of spanish, mexican, adapted the whalers spear from natives and have roots with britan and ireland. First vaqueros, foundational for the Mexican, and American identity.
You should have chosen a clip with a real native speaker. You'll find hundreds on the website of EITB, the public regional radio and television agency. The guy in the video often hesitates. He wouldn't even pass a C1 exam.
Definitely prefer this haircut in your videos though!
You are so funny! :) Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
10:04 This is my favourite song, a folcloric love song: ua-cam.com/video/uxVagTCJdO0/v-deo.html
It's not standard basque, it is the dialect spoken in "Sola" or "Xiberoa", it's difficult to understand for a basque that doesn't live in there.
Aren't you cold without all of your hair!??? Looks good though...cutie 😉😘❤️ I always learn something crazy and weird whenever I watch your videos!
Thanks for watching
As s non Spanish speaker I would definitely think it’s Spanish 😂 there’s clearly an influence in the pronunciation (one way or the other)
Mis antepasados son Vascos y me encanta escuchar el idoma de ellos
Es un idioma muy bonito de verdad
Reacciona a un videoclip del Grupo Huntza que son en euskera. Su hit principal es Aldapan gora aunque mi canción favorita es Lasai Lasai 😄
I just found out that I am basque , but more weirdly I have been able to speak in some form of language or tounge that seems incredibly similar and I could use any help or guidance , I can send audio clips , I have been praying and searching for the answer to this for a few years now ! Please let me know if anyone comes across this , any guidance or help would be so genuinely appreciated! Blessings!
There are many youtube channels about basque, HellaBasque is a girl from california with basque heritage, she could help you for sure
Hi !!!
I know few friends of me from basque spain parts. To know about their language i watched this video. But in comparison my language Tamil mentioned in this video. Happy to be tamilan ❤️👍
What other languages have you studied, besides French and English?
I have tried and failed at learning Hindi and Bengali a couple of times
How about you?
Right now, just Spanish and French, although I'm barely intermediate in both. I also recently started German. I definitely want to branch out in the future.
You are partially right about Quebecois. They speak French from the 1600's so their dialect never evolved after the French left. There was no longer a connection with French .
You should do a reaction on the Maltese language 👍
Putting it on my list
It is the only non-Indo-European language in Spain. That is why it is so different.
Embora eu não consiga entender o basco, dá para perceber claramente a influência do sotaque espanhol sobre a língua basca. Aos meus ouvidos o basco soa como uma língua estranha falada com grande sotaque espanhol.
Great point. I agree 100% with you
Não só no basco como no catalão, galego .
@@joaoteixeira7410 Fenômeno semelhante acontece com o irlandês/gaélico em relação ao inglês. Embora sejam línguas muito diferentes entre si, a influência do inglês acabou moldando a sonoridade do gaélico.
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I'm so sorry but in Spain, as in your country, we have a lot of different accents: vasco, gallego, catalán, varios en Andalucía y Castilla León por ejemplo, valenciano, maño (aragonés), asturiano, etc
We have rr in Kurdish too 😉
Did you expect to know anything of it?
Caught "está bueno, pues"
Hay un malentendido. Cuando se dice que "el euskera es el idioma más antiguo de Europa" lo que realmente se quiere decir es que los antepasados del euskera llegaron a Europa antes que los antepasados de los demás idiomas europeos actuales (indoeuropeos y urálicos), no que el euskera se haya mantenido inalterado desde esos tiempos. Del mismo modo que el castellano es diferente del latín, el euskera moderno es diferente del euskera antiguo. Solamente que cuando el latín llegó, el euskera antiguo ya estaba allí (y cuando llegaron los primeros celtas también). No tiene mucho sentido decir que un idioma es más antiguo que otro, todos los idiomas van cambiando y todos los idiomas evolucionaron a partir de otros.
No del todo, se encontro hace nada una inscipcion de la epoca romana y ciertas palabras estan inalteradas, como Sorioneku.
@@deiniou y hay palabras que son iguales en castellano y en latín, pero son solo algunas. Globalmente el castellano y el latín son idiomas tan distintos como el castellano y el italiano. Y con el euskera pasa lo mismo: habrán algunas palabras que se hayan mantenido más o menos inalteradas, pero globalmente el euskera moderno y el euskera arcaico son idiomas distintos. Uno desciende del otro, como el castellano desciende del latín, pero son idiomas diferentes.
@@rodrigoferres2802 que plabras con declinación son iguales en latín que en castellano? Osea, se que si hay alguna que otra palabra casi igual, pero no que hayan mantenido la gramática.
Lo curioso del sorinoeku es que tiene intacta hasta la declinación, la palabra es sori/zori que significa hado, destino, +on que significa bueno, declinado con -ko/-ku, igual que ahora.
Mi padre siempre me había dicho que el castellano había perdido todas sus formas declinadas.
@@deiniou no tengo idea, pero el punto es el contrario: la mayor parte del idioma cambia. Si yo escucho hablar en latín esencialmente no entiendo, más allá de alguna que otra palabra suelta. Lo mismo pasa con todos los idiomas, no son estáticos, y el euskera no es la excepción. Incluso te diría que en ese caso me esperaría mucho cambio, por un lado por haber sido una lengua no escrita la mayor parte de su historia, y por otro lado por las fuertes influencias externas que recibió.
@@rodrigoferres2802 ya ya, si preguntaba por saber, el catedrático es mi padre, yo no tengo ni idea
You should find anithinf from Gatibu. They sing on Biscayan dialect.
I have to say the gentleman who was speaking Basque was definitely not a fluent speaker.
It is a shame that a "dominant" culture attempts to isolate and make extinct another language. Examples, the English attempt to kill the Irish (gaelic) language, or French attempt to kill the Picard languange. But though endangered, those languages, for the time being, are still spoken.
Esatekoa da, hitz egiten duen gizon hori ez duela asko menperatzen Euskara, kostatzen zaio eta akats dexente egin ditu
Free the Baques .
Where are you from?
I'm Colombian and you?
@@ConvoSpeak in portuguese, i just ask you because you have a nice way to speak inglish..👍
Definitely he is not a native basque speaker
Please please stop to call modern languages oooold, old, ancient. All languages have old roots but now they are modern languages and different than their ancestors. No language has made suddenly. They all have ancient language ancestors! Even if you do not change the languages’ names they still change and they are different than old languages so they are not the same language!
That is a good point.
Yeah, came here to say the same thing. Ancient Basque is just as different from Modern Basque as Latin is from Spanish. The only difference is that Basque has only evolved into dialects that are mostly confined to a single area, whereas the Romance languages are distinct enough to be classified as distinct languages from both each other and from the original language, which implies that they were 'created' when in fact they're just evolutions of Latin.
Comment below what you know about the Basque language
I am basque, born in France, there are many Basque dialects and I don’t understand all of them. One interesting thing about the Basque language is that there are no curse words, all of the curse words we use are either Spanish or French, so I can curse very well in three languages, French , Spanish , and of course English...
@@cathyjaureguibehere3079 there’s a joke among Basques not going to hell because they don’t used swear language 😂🤣😂 and another about the Demon giving up because after living in the Basque Country he was never able to understand or speak Basque .
Euskera Diego !! no Euskara
You know I have seen both spellings everywhere. Thanks for clarifying it
@@ConvoSpeak Both are accepted spellings. Even "Eskuara" is used in parts of the French Basque Country and the Baztan Valley.
@@ConvoSpeak I have always said Euskera. I do not know man ! And another correction from a previous video you published, Andalusia does not have a single accent, each province has a different accent, maybe you as a foreigner are not able to distinguish them, but we do hehe. Congratulations for your channel, you mix academic information plus sense of humour, nice xddd !!
Nola ezin dela Euskara izan???? Euskera bakarrik bizkaieraz da, ez duzu inoiz etb ikusi ala Bizkaitik atera?? XD