Koldo Zuazo

Koldo Zuazo is a Basque linguist, professor at the University of the Basque Country and specialist in Basque language dialectology and sociolinguistics.

The dialects of the Basque language

Since 1998, Zuazo's work on the Basque dialects has drawn a new classification and a new map of these dialects—this has been a revolution in a field where few changes were made since Louis Lucien Bonaparte's works.
According to Zuazo, the Basque dialects originated in urban areas:

Iruña
Gasteiz
Central Biscay
Beterri in Gipuzkoa
Coastal Lapurdi
The source of the Eastern dialect is not clear, Zuazo states that it may have happened in Bearn or in Huesca

Zuazo has observed that all dialects had a similar influence of Latin and therefore he thinks that all dialects originated after Roman times. This is aligned with Mitxelena's earlier thoughts on this subject.
Zuazo thinks that the Western dialect originated in Araba, based on the similarities between the dialects of Biscay, west of Navarre, the Deba valley and Goierri.

Non-fiction

Euskararen batasuna. Euskaltzaindia, 1988 - Euskararen sendabelarrak. Alberdania, 2000 Euskara batua: ezina ekinez egina. Elkar, 2005 Deba ibarreko euskara. Dialektologia eta tokiko batua. Badihardugu, 2006 Euskalkiak. Euskararen dialektoak. Elkar, 2008 Sakanako euskara. Burundako hizkera. Nafarroako Gobernua eta Euskaltzaindia, 2010 El euskera y sus dialectos. Alberdania, 2010 Arabako euskara. Elkar, 2012 Mailopeko euskara. UPV/EHU, 2013 Euskalkiak. Elkar, 2014 Uribe Kosta, Txorierri eta Mungialdeko euskara. UPV/EHU, 2016

Fiction

Neure buruaren alde. Alberdania, 2011

Other publications

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