Tag: languages
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Euskera: Endangered Language
The language of the Basque Country is called Euskera, and it is currently on a list of endangered languages. It is slowly making a come-back thanks to nationalist sentiment but is still spoken by less than a million people. Although it is the co-official language of the Basque Country, Euskera is actually spoken by less…
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Sheep Cheese!
Perhaps it’s time I actually talk about what I’m doing here in the Basque Country? As I mentioned in my very first post, I’m WWOOFing. WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, and it is an international volunteer program in which people are given the chance to experience life on an organic farm.…
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So Apparently Twenty Years Isn’t Enough Either
Ok… I haven’t been immersing myself in Castellano 100%…. I still write this in English for example, and I write e-mails and letters to my American friends in English. I’m also currently caught up in a fantasy novel that just so happens to be written in English. I know English. Pretty darn well. It’s my…