If you know anything about Euskera, the Basque language, you’ve probably heard it’s not the easiest to learn. But there are a surprising number of cheap or even free resources for you to teach yourself Euskera from anywhere in the world.
In this video, I’m sharing with you the pros and cons I’ve experienced when it comes to studying Basque on my own.
Got questions about learning Basque? As a beginner’s Euskera student and as someone who shares my language learning journey on YouTube, I get a lot of questions about the Basque language. Some people want to know if it’s hard to learn, some ask how they can start learning, and others ask why bother learning it at all.
I’ve been loving watching Goenkale, a Basque soap opera, on EITB. Fun 20-minute episodes are an easy and interesting way to improve my Euskera comprehension all the way from California. Let me walk you through how to access free Basque TV shows, movies, and radio programs online in this video tutorial.
It’s rare to find Basque movies with English subtitles, so I wanted to share with you what movies from the Basque Country are available for streaming in the United States.
I spent a day watching movies in Euskera, the Basque language, and here is my honest review of them.
In this video, I talk about Handia / The Giant, Errementari / The Blacksmith and the Devil, and Loreak / Flowers. The first two are currently on Netflix US and the last is on Amazon Prime Video.
Today on the YouTube channel, I’m sharing some research I’ve done on the different ways of promoting minority language. In my searches, I’ve come across several articles from Irish sources comparing the ways the Irish language is promoted in Ireland with how the Basque language is promoted in the Basque Country. This comparison provides an interesting case, because daily use of Irish is decreasing while the daily use of Basque is increasing.
