The Basque Writing System

Before 1964 there was no standard writing system for Basque; instead, the written form of Basque had been carried out using spelling rules from the Romance languages with additional markings to convey its unique sounds. In 1964 the Royal Basque Academy (Euskaltzaindia) put forth a writing system for Basque based on the Latin alphabet that has now become the standard way of representing the language.¹

For more information on The Basque Language, please see our Quick Facts Library, or you can check out additional resources on the Basque writing system on the Web at:

http://www.ontopia.net/i18n/language.jsp?id=Basque

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/Basque.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Basque

¹ "Basque Script" Omniglot: A Guide to Writing Systems
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/Basque.htm
[Accessed November 18, 2004]