> If Basque isn't spoken today, it certainly was until recently.

I can assure you it still is, I met plenty of Basques when studying in Bordeaux, which is close.

I even met a guy - Patxi - from a remote mountain village, who only started to learn Spanish after he was 12.

Similar to Welsh and Irish, many speak it only as a second language or have only passive understanding (but might not admit it) - all of this depending on the location.

The Basque region on the Spanish side has also a certain degree of autonomy and is encouraging Basque curriculum in schools and university. And running several tv and radio stations.

see Basque language for more.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re^2: The Basques introduced us to object orientation? by LanX
in thread The Basques introduced us to object orientation? by betmatt

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