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Abstract

The journal editors asked the author of the present paper to write a review for the book Euskal Zibilizazioa (Gure Herriaren sustraien bila) [Basque Civilization –In Search of Our Roots] by Alfontso Martinez Lizarduikoa. Nevertheless it was decided to publish the requested review as an article due to its length and contents even though it follows the structure of a book review. Lakarra provides a thorough reflection on several areas of linguistic research: language history and pre-history –with particular attention to Basque–, historical linguistics and the comparative method, language families, the Na-dene family and the situation of Basque amongst the world’s language families.