Souletin dialect

Souletin
Zuberoan
Zuberera
RegionSoule, France
Native speakers
(8,700 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsz (deprecated for eus in 2007)[2]
Glottologbasq1250
  Souletin

Souletin or Zuberoan (Basque: Zuberera) is the Basque dialect spoken in Soule, France. Souletin is marked by influences from Occitan (in particular the Béarnese dialect), especially in the lexicon. Another distinct characteristic is the use of xuka verb forms, a form of address including in third person verbs the interlocutor marker embedded in the auxiliary verb: jin dajin düxü (s/he came → s/he came to you).

  1. ^ Souletin at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "bsz | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. SIL International. 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021. Retirement Remedy: Merge into Basque [eus]