Though the Basque and Armenian languages share no superficial resemblances, they do share a baffling litany of words and grammatical elements. A few steps from the entrance to the Cathedral of the ...

The language families of Europe fall into a few broad categories. There are the Indo-European languages, which include the Romance, Germanic, Slavic and Celtic subgroups, along with Greek and Albanian ...

The genetic make-up and distinctive language of the Basque people in northern Spain and southern France has intrigued anthropologists for years. Now a new study suggests they descend from a group of ...

How is the identity of a culture transferred? For many cultures it’s through geography or heritage. But what if it was knowledge of a language that conferred a people’s identity. Continuing our series ...

In “Karmele,” one of the Basque films at this year’s festival, the Basque language itself comes under threat. For centuries, rulers sought to stamp out cultural difference, Franco banning Basque from ...

At the 100th crack of bone against bone the spectators started getting excited and business suddenly increased for the bookmakers chanting odds in the Basque language known as Euskerra. In a field ...

The Basque government has invested heavily in science and research Whenever there are discussions about the international superpowers in education it's not long before you hear about Shanghai, South ...

Some U.S. cities have become practically synonymous with the ethnic and religious groups who have settled there, such as the proud Irish Americans of Boston’s “Southie” neighborhood (see also: every ...

According to a popular Bilbao joke, a Bilbaino walks into a store and asks for "a world map of Bilbao" The shop owner unflinchingly answers, "left bank or right?'' This is The Basque History of the ...

Though the Basque and Armenian languages share no superficial resemblances, they do share a baffling litany of words and grammatical elements. A few steps from the entrance to the Cathedral of the ...

Whenever there are discussions about the international superpowers in education it's not long before you hear about Shanghai, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong or Finland. And then there are the rapid ...