Since 1998, Zuazo's work on the
Basque dialects has drawn a new classification and a new map of these dialects—this has been a revolution in a field where few changes were made since
Louis Lucien Bonaparte's works (1863).[2]
According to Zuazo, the Basque dialects (together with other language innovations) originated in urban areas:
The source of the Eastern dialect is not clear, Zuazo states that it may have happened in
Bearn or in
Huesca
Zuazo has observed that all dialects had a similar influence of
Latin and therefore he thinks that all dialects originated after
Roman times. This is aligned with Mitxelena's earlier thoughts on this subject.
Zuazo thinks that the Western dialect originated in
Araba, based on the similarities between the dialects of
Biscay, west of
Navarre, the
Deba valley and
Goierri.
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