Open AccessTwo Generations of New Basques
Author(s) -
Hanna Lantto
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anthropological journal of european cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.242
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1755-2931
pISSN - 1755-2923
DOI - 10.3167/ajec.2019.280207
Subject(s) - democracy , linguistics , genealogy , transition (genetics) , history , ethnology , geography , political science , philosophy , biology , law , genetics , politics , gene
Following the Spanish transition to democracy and the subsequent Basque revitalisation, a new label emerged to describe euskaldun berriak, ‘new Basques’. This label distinguished them from traditional speakers of the minority language. This forum piece describes the profiles of two new Basque speakers who represent different generations of new Basque speakerhood, reflecting the rapid changes in the sociolinguistic situation of the Basque Country.