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ENDANGERED EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

ENDANGERED EUROPEAN LANGUAGES. Saša Pagon Vesna Taljat Bojana Veršič. EUSKARA, THE LANGUAGE OF THE BASQUE PEOPLE. it is not an Indoeuropean language  shows no resemblance to languages in neighbouring countries WHERE DOES THE LANGUAGE COME FROM?

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ENDANGERED EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

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  1. ENDANGERED EUROPEAN LANGUAGES Saša Pagon Vesna Taljat Bojana Veršič

  2. EUSKARA, THE LANGUAGE OF THE BASQUE PEOPLE • it is not an Indoeuropean language  shows no resemblance to languages in neighbouring countries • WHERE DOES THE LANGUAGE COME FROM? • could be related to languages from the Caucasus  similarities with the Georgian language • related to a non-Arabic languages from the north of Africa • developed "in situ", in the land of the primitive Basques.

  3. very old language • the Basque language has taken up words from Latin, Castilian, French, Celtic and Arabic • some words in the Castilian,French and English come from the Basque language • rural communities have kept the language alive

  4. before Roman times the Basque language was spoken in an area larger than the present one • nowadays more than 600,000 people speak Basque in the seven historic Basque provinces: Lapurdi, Zuberoa and Behenafarroa (in France), and Gipuzkoa, Bizcaia, Araba and Navarre (in Spain) • there are 520,000 Basque speaking people in the Basque provinces in Spain, that is 25% of their total population.

  5. Things have not been easy for the Basque language: - competition with two powerful neighbouring languages: Castilian and French • Basque was a forbidden language during the dictatorship • children had to study in an unfamiliar language and were punished when they spoke in Basque • "ikastolas" an important movement to open up Basque schools

  6. SPANISH.......... BASQUE.............ENGLISH Por favor...........Mesedez................ Please Perdón!............Barkatu!...................Sorry! Gracias....Mila esker, eskerrik asko....Thank you Qué tal?.........Zer moduz?.......... How are you? Buenos días.........Egun on............ Good morning Komuna...............WC.......................Toilets Zinema................Cine .................. Cinema

  7. EUROPEAN LANGUAGES ARE DIVIDED INTO SIX CATEGORIES: 1. extinct languages other than ancient ones 2. nearly extinct languages 3. seriously endangered language 4. endangered language 5. potentially endangered language 6. not endangered language

  8. Extinct languages • 1.  Kemi Sámi • 2.  Southern Mansi • 3.  Polabian • 4.  Slovincian • 5.  (Old) Prussian • 6.  Norn • 7.  Gothic • 8.  Manx Gaelic • 9.  Cornish • 10. Mozarabic • 11. Shuadit (Judeo-Provençal) • 12. Zarphatic (Judeo-French) • 13. Dalmatian

  9. Nearly extinct languages • 1.   Ume Sámi • 2.   Pite Sámi • 3.   Akkala Sámi • 4.   Ter Sámi • 5. Livonian • 6.    Votian • 7.    Italkian (Judeo-Italian) • 8.    Yevanic (Judeo-Greek) • 9. Krimchak (Judeo-Crimean Tatar)

  10. Seriously endangered languages • 1.   South Sámi • 2.   Lule Sámi • 3.   Inari Sámi • 4.   Skolt Sámi • 5.   Kildin Sámi • 6.   Ingrian • 7.   Ludian • 8.   Vepsian • 9.  Western Mari • 10.  Kashubian (proper) Molise Croatian • 11.  Eastern Frisian • 12.  Northern Frisian • 13.  Yiddish (Judeo-German) • 14.  Breton

  11. 14.Leonese • 15.Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) • 16.Languedocien • 17.Auvergnat • 18.Limousin Channel, Island French 19.Istriot • 20.Istro-Romanian • 21.Meglenitic: Arvanitika, Albanian 22.Tsakonian: Italiot Greek, Pontic Greek 23.Karaim • 24.Crimean Tatar • 25.Cypriot Arabic

  12. CONCLUSION UNO A UNO, TODOS SOMOS MORTALES, JUNTOS SOMOS ETERNOS. AS INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE MORTAL, BUT TOGETHER WE MAKE ETERNITY.

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