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Finno-Basque languages

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Finno-Basque
(hypothetical ( fringe)
Geographic
distribution
Northern Eurasia, Iberia
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

Finno-Basque or Uralo-Basque or Uralo-Vasconic is a proposed hypothetical language family consisting of Basque and the Uralic languages.[1] The hypothesis is accepted only by a few linguists and is fringe, for example the Finnish linguist Otto Donner was a harsh critic of the conjecture.[2] Most linguists have called the theory very fringe and unlikely,[3] However many similarities between Basque and the Uralic languages can be found. Most similarities are found between the Ugric languages and Basque.[4] These languages have approximately 26 million speakers in total. Only 660k come from Basque[5]

History[edit]

Some scholars have pointed to simularities between the Basque language and Uralic languages[6]. Many attempts to put basque into a language family have been done and Finno-Basque is one of these. But there have only been a few attempts at connecting Basque to the Uralic languages. the French Count (Charles-Félix) Hyacinthe de Charencey (1832-1916), cf. de Charencey (1862) who was famous for founding Mayan linguistics tried to connect the Basque and Uralic languages. Also T. Majláth made in an internet post hundreds of claimed Hungarian-Basque cognates. [7] Some similarities Between the Basque and Uralic ( expecialy Ugric ) was found and that is how the Finno-Basque theory was born. There have also been multiple attempts at comparing the Basque language with the Sámi languages and the Sámi people. Today Finno-Basque is not well accepted but there are a few Linguists who believe in the theory. In the modern day only a few people believe in the Theory and it is mostly debunked[7][8]

Similarities[edit]

"k" is used for the Plural in Hungarian and Basque

Intstead of prepositions, suffixes are used

Basque - en = "in"

Hungarian: -ban = "in"

There is simular vocubilary but sometimes with diffirend meanings

Ipar = North ( basque ) industry ( hungarian )

In Basque "mororrera" = to the motor

In Hungarian "motorra" = onto the motor.[9]

Similar vocubilary[edit]

The following correspondences are taken from Tóth (2007). However, he considers Hungarian and Basque not to be related to each other.[7]

Basque Hungarian Meaning
hiru három 3
izi iszony horror
izerdi izzadság sweat
kalaka kallantyú bolt
mindza-tu mondani to speak
oka okádás to vomit
okada okádni vomiting
orroe ordítani to shout
as-aba ős ancestor
palu pálca stick

See also[edit]

Uralo-Siberian

Uralo-yukaghir

Basque

External links[edit]

List of simular vocubilary between Hungarian and Basque

The common Mesopotamian substrate of Hungarian and Basque ( arguments against the theory )

Basque and Uralic languages compared

References[edit]

  1. "The Basque mystery- roots of Biscayan language and culture". folk.uio.no. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  2. Karlsson, Fred (2001). Yleinen kielitiede Suomessa kautta aikojen. University of Helsinki. p. 41. Search this book on
  3. "Usein kysyttyä suomalais-ugrilaisista kielistä". homepage.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  4. "Kaltion artikkeli". www.kaltio.fi. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  5. "Basque language, alphabet and pronunciation". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  6. "Basque people: language, origins, history and culture | VortexMag". www.vortexmag.net. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 TÓTH, ALFRÉD (2007). The common Mesopotamian substrate of Hungarian and Basque (PDF). The Hague, Holland: Mikes International. ISBN 978-90-8501-119-4. Retrieved 2020-02-07. Search this book on
  8. "Kaltion artikkeli". www.kaltio.fi. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  9. "Similarities between the Basque and Hungarian languages". www.gtoth.eu. Retrieved 2020-02-07.



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