Patxi Saez Beloki
2-4-2025, ARGIA.
Abstract:
There are some dances in the Basque Country in which a wineskin is mercilessly beaten. The author of the article associates this wineskin with the Basque language, which has been under attack in recent times from different political, economic and judicial spheres.
The president of the most important bank in the Basque Country recently declared that the...
DAVID VALLS
Linguist and Catalan teacher.
Abstract:
In this article, Catalan linguist David Valls analyses the data from the latest Catalan sociolinguistic survey, published at the beginning of 2025. These are worrying data, exhibiting a continuous decline in the use of Catalan. Mr. Valls analyses the causes and proposes solutions to reverse this situation.
Catalan is still the most widely used stateless language...
We have very often lamented in Naziogintza Taldea that the process of assimilation of our nation in Spain and France has accelerated considerably in recent years. This process of assimilation has many aspects: political, linguistic, cultural, sociological... In the Southern Basque Country, in particular, Spanish cultural references are also spreading to the most Basque-speaking and nationalist areas, which until...
JUAN INAZIO HARTSUAGA
Abstract:
The anthropologist and activist in favor of the Basque language Juan Inazio Hartsuaga makes two interesting proposals in this article to revitalize our language.
Mr. Hartsuaga states that bilingualism is the phase prior to the death of any minoritized language. Wherever bilingualism is introduced, history shows us that the minoritized language disappears within a maximum period of 200...