Introduction to Basque: Method to Learn to Speak Basque by Joseph Eiguren ~ Idaho ~ Basque Language Textbook

Title: Introduction to Basque: Method to Learn to Speak Basque [cover title: Euzkera Itzketan Zelan Ikasi / How to Learn to Speak Basque]

Author: [Joseph V. ''Joe'' Eiguren]

Description: 1980s reprint/revision of the 1968 edition. Comb-bound in yellowish-green card covers. Lightly handled. Clean and unmarked. [200] pages. 11 x 8.5 inches.

30 lessons plus a 66-page Basque-English vocabulary. Of the main dialects, the author uses the Biscayan, being his own dialect and the most widely used in Southern Idaho-Eastern Oregon. Includes a foreword by the author. Each chapter includes a page or two of grammatical notes.

The author, Joseph V. Eiguren (1915-1996), though born in Jordan Valley, Oregon, spent his first two decades in Euskadi, returning to the United States in 1934. He began teaching Basque language classes in Boise in 1963, and over the years to wrote countless articles for newspapers and magazines on the Basque history, culture and language. He was also the author of several books, including the first ever Basque-English Dictionary (1974), The Basque History Past & and Present (1972), and Kashpar: The Saga of the Basque Immigrants to North America (1988).

Binding: Plastic Comb Bound Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good+

Publisher: [Sponsored by The National Endowment for the Humanities & The Idaho Basque Studies Center]
Place: [Boise]
Year: 1980

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