Cultural Post 4

[Maddie Philips]

My target language's writing system is the same as most of the Western World, using the roman alphabet, so it is very easy to learn to write. Not only that, but because it was not a language that was written until the year 950, it is completely phonetic. Because of this, even a person who is unable to speak Basque, such as myself, is able to write a word by hearing it. Unlike the many European languages though, certain letter combinations have different sounds than they would to other language speakers. For example, 'tx' makes the 'ch' sound, while 's' and 'x' make the 'sh' sound, and 'z' makes the 's' sound. Once these sounds are remembered, it is fairly easy to learn how to properly write down words and sentences in Basque.