2/20/2014

Name, Basque Proverb


Aberats izatea baino, izen ona hobe.
Translation: It's better to have a good name than to be rich.

- Basque Proverb

The Basque language (called Euskara by the Basque language speakers or Basques themselves) is the oldest language in Europe, the only non Indo-European language that survived after the administration of the Roman Empire spread throughout our continent. It is spoken by about one million people in the seven provinces of the Euskal Herria, that is, in North East Spain and South West France. No relationship between Basque and any other language has been established with certainty. The alphabet used for Basque employs Roman letters. The first printed book in Basque appeared in the 16th century. Basque is both agglutinative and polysynthetic.

부자가 되는 것보다 명성을 얻는 것이 좋다.

- 바스크 속담


English equivalent

¶ A good name is the best treasure.
명성이 가장 좋은 보물이다.

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