Europe Trip # 19 - San Sebastian and Basque Language?!?

Its called Euskara and I don't get it. Though it is unlike any language in the world, strange similarities have been discovered between it and Aramaic, the language of ancient Judea. Because "El Pais Vasco" was never conquered by the Romans or anyone else they retained their ancient ancient language. No stories or verbal history exists of the language so its past will most likely be forever unknown. Oh and San Sebastian is Pretty. (It's called Donostia in Euskara).

El pais vasco está dentro de las fronteras de España diplomáticamente pero, pero mentalmente, los vascos tienen su propia tierra histórica.
me encanta aquella parte del mundo.

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• Avi
• Vinocur
• Basque
• Vasco
• San
• Sebastian
• Spain
• Madrid

[ezzaizuinporta]

Gogoratu (Remember)

Oinezkoen (Pedestrian)

Lehentasuna (Priority)

[mbychows]

So now people are idiots because they don't understand a language that is totally unlike any language in the world? Basque/Euskara has basically no connection to any other language, so it's forgivable. I can typically read a foreign street sign in a language that uses the latin alphabet, but I didn't have a clue about this sign either. By the way, until you learn to put question marks at the end of sentences, I wouldn't go around accusing people of idiocy.

[SuperPeru2009]

@captnkid100 ETA does not control it? wtf ? unfortunetly without international help the basque country will never be an independant country. so sad but true. spaniards are full of shit and they know it yet they dont care. imperialist mother fuckers.

[bar06]

I did go to the Basque country in Spain, and I loved it. when are you taveling again?

[AphobicSteve]

The point of this video was not to mock the language at all. It was just to point out that typical anglophones aren't able to pick out any recognizable words from a street sign such as the one in the video. Obviously, the sign makes sense to Basque-speakers, but to those who don't know any Basque, it's gibberish.

[19spain93]

lol thats funny at the end

[mmgoicochea]

@jfrd28 me too LOL

[CrazyNative4]

dude, you are funny! if i get pissed off i'll watch this for 17 seconds and laugh my ass off! and cough hard as hell, and i'll have to put my hands in the air !!!!! :-)

[teresamugarza]

it might not make sense to you but to people who speaks the basque language it makes perfect sense and remember basque is one of the oldest language in the world they don't even know where it comes from.

[FarfettilLejl]

@mbychows «Przejście tylko dla pieszych» - can you read this?

[captnkid100]

north spain is beautiful. asturias,arragon also. Eta still controls all. Soon freedom will come for the basque area

[robertemmet04]

it is not spain its euskal herria/ basque country.