zazpiak_bat

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   by zazpiak_bat 7y ago

   About the lakes you are probably right, both seas are quite far away from each other and it is more feasible Urartu to refer to a smaller region. Having looked at the words in the article, the link between both languages seems to be quite t
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   by zazpiak_bat 7y ago

   I do not mind at all, I could spend half a day with curious HNers talking about the topic :) My mother being spanish and my father basque, I grew up with both of them at home. My mother's mother was genuinely worried with my then toddl
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   by zazpiak_bat 7y ago

   Fun fact I just stumbled upon after reading your comment: "urartian" (or rather, ur artian/artean) directly translates to "between waters". The Urartu region falls indeed between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
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   by zazpiak_bat 7y ago

   Native Basque speaker here. Happy to see an article about my mother tongue in HN! It is indeed quite a mystery the origin of Euskara, many hypotheses but no clear winner. Gladly, most of us were thaught that diversity of theories in school