Once a year
there is day set aside for the celebration of Euskara--the
Basque language. Officially Dec. 3rd it is rotated here depending on what community is
hosting the event. The aim is to promote the
expansion and use of the Basque language.
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Elkarlan
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Message from NABO
Euskara Coordinator:
"Euskararen eguna dela eta AEBetako euskara
ikasleek hainbat ekjintza egingo dituzte. Leku
batzuetan afaria euskaraz egin eta euskal kantak
abestuko dituzte. Beste leku batzuetan euskeraz
patata-tortilla egingo dute. Beste batzuetan
herr desberdinetako. Ikasleak elkartu eta
euskara klasea egingo dute eta gero afaria.
Hemen daude Boiseko 3. Urteko euskara ikasleak
aurten Ulibarriko euslkaltegiko ikasleekin
euskaraz komunikatzen direnak Moodlen bitartez."
Gero arte.
~Izaskun Kortazar, Euskara koordinatzailea
izaskunkortazar@gmail.com |
The first
celebration of Euskararen Eguna was in 1949 when various Basque
organizations around the world inaugurated the event.
The celebration was formalized in 1995 at the World Basque Congress
of Basque Collectives along with the
Autonomous Basque
Government
of Euskadi and the Basque language academy
Euskaltzaindia.
Over the last few years, N.A.B.O. has commemorated this day in
conjunction with our annual Euskara instructor's workshop (links above).
Individual member organizations also mark this event.
The date of Dec. 3rd is based on the feast of the Basque St. Francis
Xabier (1506-52) who as a Christian missionary traveled to Asia, putting
into practice what Bernard Etxepare, the author of the first book in
Euskara (1545), declared: "Heuscara ialgui adi mundura" "Basque, go out
into the world."
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"All
languages are used all hours and days of the
years. That's certain, but what is also clear is
that not all languages find themselves in the
same circumstances: some have multitudes of
speakers and others few; some are vigorous and
growing while others are not. There are
also some languages, that against the odds, have
somehow endured across the millennia. That
is why we celebrate every December 3rd the
International Day of Euskara."
-Lehendakari Juan Jose Ibarretxe
Former
President of the Autonomous Basque Government
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Now email & browser in Basque: try it out!
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GMAIL.com
-right upper corner: settings
-choose the Basque language
-Save changes |
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HOTMAIL.com
-upper right corner: Options
-Chose the Basque language ( is almost at the
end)
-Save |
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"Hizkuntza bat ez da galtzen,
ez dakitenek ikasten ez dutelako,
dakitenek hitz egiten ez dutelako baizik.”
~Joxean
Artze |
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Efforts to promote
the Basque language include sponsored walks such
as
www.ibilaldia.com
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