The Grekoiberieraren Alfabeto Berria, or "New Greco-Iberian Alphabet", is an adaptation by Isaac Mayer of the Greek alphabet for the Basque language of northern Spain and southern France. The Basques have lived in the Iberian peninsula since before Indo-European tribes migrated to the area, and Basque is thought to be the sole survivor of the "Paleohispanic languages".
In the period before the Roman conquest of Iberia, a Greco-Iberian script was in use, writing the extinct Iberian language in a script adapted from Greek. THe Grekoiberieraren Alfabeto Berria is meant to be an elaboration and adaptation of that system for modern Basque phonology. Since Greco-Iberian was in use long before the development of modern lowercase Greek letters, the Grekoiberieraren Alfabeto Berria is written completely in uppercase.
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ΓΙΖΟΝ-ΕΜΑΚΥΜΕ ΓΥΖΤΙΑΚ ΑϹΚΕ ΞΑΙΟΘΖΕΝ ΔΙΡΑ, ΔΥΝͅΤΑϹΥΝ ΕΤΑ ΕϹΚΥΒΔͅΕ ΒΕΡΒΕΡΑΚ ΔΤͅΥϹΤΕΛΑ; ΕΤΑ ΕΖΑΓΥΕΡΑ ΕΤΑ ΚΟΝΘΖΙΕΝΘΖΙΑ ΔΥΤΕΝΕΖ ΓΕΡΟ, ΕΛΚΑῬΕΝ ΑΡΤΕΑΝ ϹΕΝΔͅΕ ΛΕΓΕΖ ΞΟΚΑΤΥ ΒΕΗΑῬΑ ΔΥΤΕ.
Gizon-emakume guztiak aske jaiotzen dira, duintasun eta eskubide berberak dituztela; eta ezaguera eta kontzientzia dutenez gero, elkarren artean senide legez jokatu beharra dute.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
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