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A breakthrough in the origins of the Basque Language
- theandrewbailey 4y agohttps://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1592124116748103681.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1592124116748103681.html
- xchip 4y agoNowadays these ancient languages are used to create division and discrimination. - Populist leaders claim their region has now a different identity, that they have been colonized but that they should be independent countries. - Discrimination is carried out by requiring to speak it in order to be a civil servant or to apply for other jobs in the regional goverment. That is why this is so important for these people.
- dendrite9 4y agoFor anyone curious, the characters are evidently from one of several Paleohispanic scripts. The origins of those scripts might be Phoenician and/or Greek, some are read from left to right and some from right to left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleohispanic_scripts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleohispanic_scripts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleohispanic_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleohispanic_languages