Artzibarko aldaera deitu izanaren inguruan (2 – inkestaren azken galdera-sortak)

Abstract

On this occasion, the article gives the results of the last two surveys carried out between 1984 and 1992 with informants from Arrieta (Valley of Artze) and Ilurdotz (Valley of Esteribar), mentioned in the previous instalment, taking as a basis those which José Estornés Lasa published in 1982 in order to research the Roncal dialect in this same journal and keeping in mind, at all times, Prince Bonaparte’s classification. The speech of these informants –the one from Ilurdotz, perhaps, to a greater extent– were fairly impoverished as a result of having spent many, many years without using the language, as can be seen through the large number of doubts, hesitations and shortfalls. These forms of speech could not, therefore, be compared with those used by their parents, between the XIX and XX centuries, although even so, given the current situation of the Basque language in these valleys, we believe their testimonies to be of great interes