To my knowledge, Basque is unrelated to any of the languages around it, it’s not even an Indo-European language. So how did it survive through to the modern age?

by RiseofBubblez
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More can be written about this, but you might like to start with the links that /u/mszegedy assembled here , pointing to replies by /u/Tiako , /u/keyilan , EnUnLugarDeLaMancha, punninglinguist, et cetera.

This is not to discourage discussion. Further questions, data, and debate are always welcome.