Linguae Europaeae

by Eider Etxebarria Zuluaga Eider Etxebarria Zuluaga is a graduate student in Spanish Linguistics at the University of Illinois. Eider is planning on finishing her Master’s degree and continuing with a Ph.D. in the same field. She is planning on teaching Basque and Spanish in the future. She wrote this text as a student in 418 ‘Language and Minorities in Europe’. Image Source 1896 è stato un’anno memorabile per la storia della riabilitazione della lingua basca. Fu in questo anno che Kolejio-Ikasteche a adottò integralmente l’euskera, the Basque language, come lingua d’insegnamento; fu la prima scuola e venne fondata da Resurrección María de Azkue (1864-1951) in Bilbao. Sfortunatamente chiuse dopo quattro anni per la mancanza di studenti. All’inizio del XX secolo si svilupparono scuole di indole più comunitaria nelle regionivasco-parlanti: auzo-eskolak (scuole di vicinato). La Seconda Republica Spagnola (1931-1939) permise, fino ad un certo punto, l’insegnamento in euskera...

by Eider Etxebarria Zuluaga Eider Etxebarria Zuluaga is a graduate student in Spanish Linguistics at the University of Illinois. Eider is planning on finishing her Master’s degree and continuing with a Ph.D. in the same field. She is planning on teaching Basque and Spanish in the future. She wrote this text as a student in 418 ‘Language and Minorities in Europe’. Image Source 1896.ean Resurrección María de Azkuek (1864-1951) Kolejio-Ikastechea sortu zuen, osoki euskaraz irakatsi zuen lehenengo eskola. Tristeziaz baina, lau urte geroago itxi behar izan zuen ikasle gutxi zituelako. XX. mende hasieran auzo-eskolak, izaera komunitariodun eskolak, sortu ziren eskualde euskaldunetan. Bigarren Errepublika Espainiarrak (1931-1939), puntu batera arte baina, euskaraz irakastea baimendu zuen. Nire izeba txikiak sarri kontatu izan du berak euskaraz ikasi zuela eskolan. Errepublikak askatasun erlijiosoa aldarrikatu zuen (“Espainiak ez dauka erlijio ofizialik” 1931ko Konstituzioko 3. artiku...

by Eider Etxebarria Zuluaga Eider Etxebarria Zuluaga is a graduate student in Spanish Linguistics at the University of Illinois. Eider is planning on finishing her Master’s degree and continuing with a Ph.D. in the same field. She is planning on teaching Basque and Spanish in the future. She wrote this text as a student in 418 ‘Language and Minorities in Europe’. Image Source 1896 fue un año memorable para la historia de la revitalización vasca. Fue el año en el que Kolejio-Ikastechea , la primera escuela que enseñó íntegramente en euskera fue fundado por Resurrección María de Azkue (1864-1951) en Bilbao. Tristemente cerró cuatro años más tarde por falta de alumnos. A principios del siglo XX surgen las denominadas ikastolas de barrio ( auzo-eskolak ), escuelas de índole comunitaria, en regiones euskaldunes. La Segunda República Española (1931-1939) permitió, eso sí de manera limitada, que se enseñara en euskera. Mi tía-abuela solía contar que en tiempos de la República ella est...

by Eider Etxebarria Zuluaga Eider Etxebarria Zuluaga is a graduate student in Spanish Linguistics at the University of Illinois. Eider is planning on finishing her Master’s degree and continuing with a Ph.D. in the same field. She is planning on teaching Basque and Spanish in the future. She wrote this text as a student in 418 ‘Language and Minorities in Europe’. Image Source 1896 was a memorable year in the history of Basque revitalization. This is the year when Kolejio-Ikastechea , the first school that taught entirely in euskera, the Basque language, was founded by Resurrección María de Azkue (1864-1951) in Bilbao. Although the school sorrowfully closed four years later due to the insufficient number of students, at the beginning of the 20th century, so-called auzo-eskolak (neighborhood schools), Basque schools with a more communitarian nature, sprang forth in the Basque-speaking regions. The Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939) authorized the teaching of Basque, to some ext...

by Max Colon Max Colon is a junior in Psychology and Spanish at the University of Illinois. Max is interested in continuing his work with the non-profit organization Illini Fighting Hunger to provide food aid to those in need. He is planning on pursuing a career in Human Resources Management in the future. Max wrote this text as a student enrolled in 418 ‘Language and Minorities in Europe.’ Image Source The home of 500 million people speaking well over 100 different languages, the European Union is a potent political-economic entity of 28 member states with a core mission to improve all aspects of life for its constituents. With its member countries ranging in size from very small to very large, the E.U. is a complex organization with many interests and challenges. In such a large organization, one would imagine that a single language would be used in an administrative capacity so as to promote efficiency and ease of governance. However, this idea actually runs counter to the...