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

 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 declensions

Source: 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 World

http://www.lww-cetl.ac.uk/part_3/part_3_flexipack.htm

 The London Met e-packs

http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks
Useful Web Sites

Portal of the Basque Government

http://www.euskara.euskadi.net

History, Geography, Culture, Economy and Language

http://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