Vasconia en el primer Unamuno

Abstract

In this article, we try to analyse Miguel de Unamunos’s work about the Basque Language from Unamuno’s point of view. Unamuno, who is a person who loved and admired his country, and whose criticism comes from the love he feels for the Basque language and his philological knowledge. We cannot deny that, that criticism towards the Basque country is, in some cases, harsh and might lead to the upset of The Nationalists and The Basque people in general; however, the only thing Unamuno tried to do was to reflect the reality of his Language, its origin, its development and its future; a future which he sees as most uncertain. According to Miguel de Unamuno, the Basque Language is a language condem- ned to disappear since neither archaeological written texts in Basque are conserved nor is it a language considered as means of comunication.