Does anyone speak Basque?

Hi,

Wikipedia is usually a good start :-)

It sais even their numbering system differs (base 20 instead of 10), sounds pretty different to me :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_lan … _languages


Other than a fringe theory about common finno-ugric origins of the Basque and Hungarian laguages, what brought you here to our humble forum?

i speak french it s ok  or not ?lol

I didn't read the Wiki entry but I presume the base 20 is because they include both fingers and toes. Very logical. I guess mostly useful when the weather is warm, one is wearing sandals and not a mutant.

Anyone else noticed in the wikipedia example sentence the word "eta" seems to mean something common, like "the":

Gizon-emakume guztiak aske jaiotzen dira, duintasun eta eskubide berberak dituztela; eta ezaguera eta kontzientzia dutenez gero, elkarren artean senide legez jokatu beharra dute.