Basque disappeared in some places where it was once spoken. Sometimes, when no speakers are left, old text are the only way to know what the local variety of Basque was like.
The documents in this section are written in extinct or nearly-extinct dialectal varieties.
A doctrine in the Roncalese dialect (19th cent.)
(AGN. AA. Particulares. Bonaparte, núm. 116)
List of documents on exhibit in this section:
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DOCUMENT
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YEAR/CENTURY | LOCATION |
| Joaquin Lizarraga’s sermons | ca. 1800 | AGN, AP_BONAPARTE, N.43, pág. 252-253. |
| Verses from Imarcoain | 1600 | AGN, CORTE_MAYOR, N.296389, fol. 24v |
| Francisco Elizalde’s doctrine | 1735 | Collection Irigaray |
| Bookbinding made from a book in Basque and Spanish from the 16th c. | 16th c. | Collection Irigaray |
| Doctrine in Roncalese Basque | 19th c. | AGN, AP_BONAPARTE, N.116 |
| Joan Beriain's doctrine | 1626 | Collection Irigaray |