The oldest language in Europe: Euskara – unique in the world and was spoken by prehistoric people
The oldest language in Europe is called Euskara and is only spoken in an area well delimited in northern Spain and southern France. Many specialists believe that it is the last remnant of a language spoken by the prehistoric peoples 14,000 years ago.
The Basque Country, the place where Euskara Photo DMS is spoken
The languages spoken on the territory of Europe are of Indo-European origin. Whether it is those in the Centum group, or those in the Satem group, all have a common origin. It is about the wheat spoken by the peoples that 5500 years ago were poured out of the Caucasus area, through the north-pontic steppes capturing the whole continent.
Over time, from the Indo-European common root, the various dialects and graces have evolved different, resulting in today's languages on the territory of the continent. However, there is a language spoken in Europe, older than the graces of Indo-European 5500 years ago. It has nothing to do with Indo-European graces and is unique worldwide. It is spoken by only 800,000 people and it is believed to be the language of prehistoric peoples of Europe.
Euskara, unique language worldwide
The language is called Euskara and is spoken only in the territories inhabited by Basque. That is, those in the northern area of Spain, west of the Pyrenees, but also in the southwest of France. That is, in the autonomous region of the Basque Country, in Spain, which includes Arabia, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa provinces. But also in the land of the Basque on the territory of France, that is, in the Kingdom of Navar, Navarra de Jos, Soule and Labord. Euskara is considered an isolated language, that is, it is not related to any other language on earth. It has neither in the clinic nor in the sleeve with Indo-European graces. It is one of the oldest languages on Earth but also one of the most mysterious.
“No one can tell where the language they speak from. Scientists have studied the problem for years, but they have not come with any conclusions.”confesses for the BBC, Pello Salaburu, professor and director of the Basque Institute at the University of Bilbao. Over 93.7% of Basque speakers are in Spain, while the remaining 6.3% live in the south of France. Basque Country is a fascinating territory renowned for viticulture, impressive landscapes, special history and culture. There are no lack of caves with traces of prehistoric housing.
The only prehistoric language that survived in Europe
Due to the fact that Euskara is older than Indo-European languages, it is suspected that this Basque wheat is actually the only language that has remained alive during prehistoric people. Some say they would be about 14,000 years old, being the grace of the paleolithic hunters on the territories of Spain and France today. Researchers and authors such as Miguel de Unamuno and Louis Lucien Bonaparte claim that Euskara is a language of prehistoric populations. Their last linguistic remnant. Their considerations are based on linguistic considerations. Thus, they noticed that all the words (aizto), ax (aizkora) and sap (aitzur) derive from the word Basc Haitz, which means stone.
This led to the conclusion that given that all these tools were made of stone, the words have prehistoric origin. In addition, speleologists have discovered a cave in Errenteria, a city in the province of Guipuzcoa, Basque Country. Here the people of 14,000 years ago have left interesting drawings on the walls of the cavern. But also traces of their dwelling. They were assumed that they spoke a form of proto-euskara. “We do not know if it was the language spoken by the people in the cave. But until we have data to contradict this, we can say that the proto-limbs used by those people has a connection with the language spoken by the Basque, today.”adds Salaburu.
The grace of the ancient Iberian
Other researchers denist this hypothesis and show that Euskara is actually a dialect of ancient Iberians who survived Romanization. The Iberian tribes of ancient Hispania were conquered by Romanians. Obviously, they were Romanized and the old Iberian language disappeared. It would have resisted in the territories of northern Spain and Sudu France, perhaps due to the mountain isolation. However, no one can answer the question: “Why does Euskara not be related to any European language?”
And the Iberian graces were of Indo-European origin. Euskara, no! And it was spoken before the Yzaamia tribes, from the Ponto-Caspice steppes, passed Europe through fire and sword. In their mountains, the Basques, the speakers of Euskara, probably the descendants of the oldest Europeans, resisted the invasion. The Basque language was close to extinction after General Franco in the 1960s tried to wipe it off the face of the Earth for reasons for linguistic and national uniformity.
