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Re:A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes English-Speakers to ... by dordoka on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:55AM (#15823500)
I'm basque and I can confirm that basque is quite more complicated than english.

In fact, if you check the map, there's a gray spot on the north of Spain/South of France. That's Euskadi (Basque Country area).

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Re:A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes English-Speakers to ... by julenx on Friday December 01, 2017 @09:34AM (#15824011)
The region where Basque is spoken is not gray because of its difficulty, but because there's no data [1].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/7dith2/language_di...

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Re:A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes English-Speakers to ... by dordoka on Friday December 01, 2017 @12:30PM (#15825485)
Yes, poorly explained on my comment (not native english speaker, obviously). I just wanted to point out the region where basque is spoken. Thanks for the info.
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Re:A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes English-Speakers to ... by laurentoget on Friday December 01, 2017 @12:04PM (#15825217)
i assume that is because the FSI does not teach Basque, though i suspect the CIA may have some basque experts for surveillance purpose.
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