Basque–Icelandic pidgin - Siru Laine | PG 2019

An introduction to a pidgin spoken in Northern Iceland in the 17th century. Used as a means of communication between Basque whalers and Icelanders, it remains a mystery as only a few manuscripts have survived. We will be looking at the history and the structure of this pidgin, as well as learning some useful vocabulary.

Siru Laine is a Finnish translator currently living in Barcelona. She holds a BA in Icelandic and an MA in Translation Studies, both from the University of Iceland. She started to learn English at the age of 9 and, out of curiosity, added new languages to her school subjects whenever they became available for her. She had 9 foreign languages in her upper secondary school diploma and learned some new ones as an adult. Besides languages and historical linguistics, Siru enjoys singing, knitting and planking.

[martinet]

this was super interesting! Good presenter too! I hope I can embark on my own personal Icelandic language journey soon!

[cooporial]

just want to share that the Slaying of The Spaniards is such an amazing story, it has alleged sorcerers, brutal murder, a whaling industry, im so happy i discovered this gem

[Anna-mcll]

Thank you very much for sharing this great presentation! It’s truly fascinating!

[wuuglyv]

Not knowing the history, this is perhaps the last european pidgin I would have guessed.

[randombox]

This is super interesting! As a basque, thanks for the explanation

[gumunduratli]

great video. I'm from the west fjords and my family has been here since the settlement age (viking age) and I find this fascinating to have a unique language here at one point

[DeadGoatProject]

Thank you so much, I hope it will help me to pass my exams😉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[bernardmolloy]

the speaking of basque in western europe outside whats now the basque goes back to a much older time.

the ancient primitive proto ancestor of basque was the language of the mesolithic peoples of western europe.

though newer languages came, including “indo-european” large mesolithic communities still survived in isolated coastal refuges and still spoke the much more ancient language form.

i like to call this much more ancient parent language of basque from the mesolithic as “Iberic”.