Zaraitzuera aztertzeko ekarpen berriak (6 – Ezkaroze)

Abstract

Continuing our look at the Basque language spoken in the Valley of Salazar, this sixth instalment presents material, mainly spoken sentences and accounts, collected quite a few years ago now from the village of Ezcároz. There is less information available from this village than from other neighbouring localities and it is, therefore, possible, to publish everything in one single instalment. This relative lack of information, however, is compensated for, in our opinion, by the importance of the fact that the two sources for this study used familiar speech forms in their relationship with each other, forms which have now virtually disappeared. The Basque language from Salazar, it should be remembered once again, was included within the Eastern “Basse Navarre” (Lower Navarran) dialect by the scholar of Basque, Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte in his commendable map. One of the main reasons for such a decision was, it would appear, the use in this version of the language of the respectful speech forms common to Eastern dialects.