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Omer Preminger :planet_exp:

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Omer Preminger :planet_exp:
2 anni fa • •

Basque language, historical linguistics, unbridled freakin' excitement

holy shit!!!!! just saw this from AlistairDodds on the birdsite:

twitter.com/AlsDodds/status/15…

WRITTEN BASQUE FROM THE 1ST CENTURY BC !!!!!! 🥰😮🥰😮🥰😮🥰

#Euskara #Basque #Archeology #HistoricalLinguistics
@linguistics

picture of an archeological artifact - it's shaped like a hand with 5 parallel fingers pointing downwards. made of metal (now bearing the signs of green-blueish corrosion). the part corresponding to the palm of the hand has an inscription in it that has been highlighted using annotation over the photo

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Omer Preminger :planet_exp:

in reply to Omer Preminger :planet_exp: • 2 anni fa • •

Basque language, historical linguistics, unbridled freakin' excitement

link to El Pais piece about this (in English): english.elpais.com/culture/202…

Researchers claim to have found earliest document written in Basque 2,100 years ago

The Hand of Irulegi, unearthed in 2021 near Pamplona, is a bronze plate containing 40 mysterious symbols. Experts believe they have deciphered its first word: ‘sorioneku’, or ‘good fortune’

^{Vicente G. Olaya (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}

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Rai has a magpie brain

in reply to Omer Preminger :planet_exp: • 2 anni fa • •

Basque language, historical linguistics, unbridled freakin' excitement

so cool! What an amazing find!

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outdooracademic

in reply to Omer Preminger :planet_exp: • 2 anni fa • •

Basque language, historical linguistics, unbridled freakin' excitement

what's the script? looks beautiful!

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Anders Lanzén

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a Basque subversion of Iberian script, same as that used for Celtiberic, but with some differences and extra letters, as far as I understand. And the first clear proof that this alphabet was used also to write Basque, which some believed was not really written at that time. Very cool stuff

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(((o))) Acoustic Mirror

in reply to Omer Preminger :planet_exp: • 2 anni fa • •

Basque language, historical linguistics, unbridled freakin' excitement

It's a great find. (And everyone around me is disappointed it says "sorioneku" doesn't say "Aupa Atleti" 😂 ). I think there's even a #sorioneku emoji out there, on some instances.