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E- Euskara Learning Basque on the Web. Nathalie Ticheler Egiarte Giménez Etxarri London Metropolitan University University of Westminster. Snapshot on the Basque Language. Basque is a language isolate It does not belong to the indo-european group of languages
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E-EuskaraLearning Basque on the Web Nathalie Ticheler Egiarte Giménez EtxarriLondon Metropolitan University University of Westminster
Snapshot on the Basque Language • Basque is a language isolate • It does not belong to the indo-european group of languages • Various theories regarding its origin have been formulated, including links to african, caucasian and dead languages • There are various dialects and sub-dialects • There are declensionsSource: http://www.hiru.com
Legal texts related to the Basque Language • Statute of autonomy of 1979 • 1982 law on the standardisation of the use of Basque
E-learning Initiatives • Initiatives concerned with lifelong learning • Initiatives concerned with the normalisation of the internet into the Basque society • Initiatives concerned with e-learning
Other projects of interest • The Flexi-Pack project at SOAS-UCL CETL Languages of the Wider Worldhttp://www.lww-cetl.ac.uk/part_3/part_3_flexipack.htm • The London Met e-packshttp://www.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks
Useful Web Sites Portal of the Basque Governmenthttp://www.euskara.euskadi.net History, Geography, Culture, Economy and Languagehttp://www.eke.org Department of Education (Basque Government)http://www.hiru.com Euskaltzaindia (Royal Academy of the Basque Language)http://www.euskalzaindia.net Observatorio de e-learning (Universidad de País Vasco)http://pulsar.ehu.es/pulsar/intro Basque language e-learning materials http://www.ikasten.net