Introduction
1. Coins from the mint at Barskunes (Pamplona), (second to first century
BC). 2. The Basque language predates the emergence of Indo-European
languages in Europe. Its origins are unknown. It does not form part
of any semantic group and shares no common features with any
other language in the world. Lerga tombstone and Roman trumpeter,
first century AD. 3. The Arrano Beltza (Black Eagle) symbol in a document pertaining
to Sancho the Strong, king of the Basques. Book from the armoury
of the Kingdom of Navarre. 4. Manuscript by Lazarraga. Lazarraga's signature. 5. The Basques struck up friendly relations with the native Americans,
fostering collaboration and exchange and developing trading relations
that were later taken up by the French, English and Dutch. Cod fisherman
with his gear. Innu from the St Lawrence/Saguenay area. Cod. 6. The book Gero, by Axular 7. The German linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt was the first to spread
accurate accounts of the Basques among European cultural circles. 8. Eusko Ikaskuntza. Poster of the Second Congress of Basque Studies
organised in Pamplona by Eusko Ikaskuntza in 1920, devoted
to the theme of teaching. 9. Xabiertxo (1925 first edition) published by Isaac López de Mendizabal,
Tolosa. 10. Gudari (Basque soldier) at the end of the Second World War. As
they had at the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, many Basque
combatants who had fought with the Free French forces were again
forced into exile. 11. Emblem of the University of the Basque Country. 12. Emblem of the Bai Euskarari campaign. 13. The oral tradition in updated files. 14. Baton used in the Korrika (a relay race run over several weeks
through the towns and cities of the Basque Country to promote the
Basque language). 15. The euskalkis, or dialects, according to Koldo Zuazo. 16. UNESCO has praised the significant advances made in the position
of the Basque language, although much work remains to be
done before it is fully standardised. 17. The bertsolari (improvising poet) Andoni Egaña. 18. The multimedia exhibition Batek Mila, Euskal Munduak, produced
in 2007, showcased the culture and varying features of the Basque
community worldwide.