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...
In an article published in the BERRIA newspaper (“Deriba erreakzionarioa geldiarazi”, (17-10-2024) (https://www.berria.eus/iritzia/artikuluak/deriba-erreakzionarioa-geldiarazi_2132090_102.html) the philosopher Andoni Olariaga referred to the link between migration and colonialism. In the article he mentioned, among other things: “Being People and persons living in the global North, and knowing that we are based on a model of life based on the exploitation of the global...
In the last few weeks, a cultural incident made its way to the news that took us aback. Albeit not new and isolated, sparked uproar in Basque cultural circles. The young athletes of the rowing society Orioko Arraunketa Elkartea, entrenched in the town of Orio, receive guidelines and advice in Spanish during their training sessions. Orio happens to be...
The relations of love and hate between countries are reflected in the admiration or rejection that certain political figures tend to acquire outside their borders. For example, President Vladimir Putin is viewed with respect in Belarus, where he is a friend and ally of the People of Russia. In Ukraine, on the other hand, he represents old Russian imperialism...
Manuel Larramendi was born on 25 December 1690 in the Garagorri manor farmhouse located in the valley Leizotz, next to the town of Andoain. He was the son of Domingo Garagorri and Manuela Larramendi, and died in Loiola on 29 January 1766 at the age of 76. It is known that he was a member of the Society of...
"Rebellion in the Pacific Ocean colonies" could also be the title of this Editorial. A title that would reflect very well the atmosphere of the last few months in New Caledonia (Kanaky, in the local language), a French colony since 1853. The autochthonous population (Kanaks), mostly pro-independence, has become recently fed up with French imperialist policies and held large...
For the next term, we wish to address a specific request to the Basque nationalist parties to always speak in Basque in the parliaments of the Southern Basque Country and Spain.
One does not need to be an expert to understand that all languages hold symbolic and instrumental value. Languages provide a means of communication among people, while at the...
In our group Naziogintza we have lamented more than once that we Basques know very little about our history, including our recent history. Therefore, some historical episodes of great importance remain ignored, in the shadows of our collective imagination.
In this article we want to bring to light one of those historical episodes: the pro-independence pact signed 101 years ago...
