Difference between revisions of "Basque language"
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| − | '''Basque''' | + | '''Basque''' is a language spoken by approximately 1 million people the Basque country in [[France]] and [[Spain]]. |
| + | It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European]] languages. | ||
| + | In Basque, the subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. | ||
[[category: languages]] | [[category: languages]] | ||
Revision as of 10:47, April 26, 2007
Basque is a language spoken by approximately 1 million people the Basque country in France and Spain. It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding Indo-European languages. In Basque, the subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case.