Nafarroako eta Euskadiko komunitate politikoen izen ofizialak: euskal izenari buruzko eskumenaz iruzkinak

ARZOZ SANTISTEBAN, Xabier

Publication year:

1998

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1137-1951

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Summary

A 1996 decision of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language established that the Basque names of the political communities of Navarre and of that constituted by Álava, Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya are to be "Nafarroako Foru Erkidegoa" and "Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa", respectively. However, such a decision can not affect what is contained in the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country, which determines that the denomination of the autonomous community will be "Euskadi" and "País Vasco" in Castilian, and "Euskadi" and "Euskal Herria" in Basque. This reveals an aspect which has been neglected in the linguistic normalisation: that of the legal value of the terms used in the Basque versions of legal texts.