Providing a history of the Basque language, this work discusses the Latin and romance element in Basque, ancient Basque consonants, pronouns in Northern Basque, and the origins and relatives of the Basque language.

1. Editor's foreword; 2. The basque country and the Basque language: an overview of the external history of the basque language (by Zuazo, Koldo); 3. The Basque Language and its neighbors in antiquity (by Gorrochategui, Joaquin); 4. Origins and relatives of the Basque language: review of the evidence (by Trask, R.L.); 5. The ancient Basque consonants (by Michelena, Luis); 6. The Latin and romance element in Basque (by Michelena, Luis); 7. Reconstructing the ancient Basque accentual system: hypotheses and evidence (by Hualde, Jose Ignacio); 8. Reconstructing the Pre-proto-Basque root (by Lakarra, Joseba A.); 9. On the history of the Non-finite verb forms in Basque (by Trask, R.L.); 10. On the origin of the finite forms of the Basque verb (by Gomez, Ricardo); 11. The develoment of the Basque system of terms of address and the allocutive conjugation (by Alberdi, Jabier); 12. "Nunc" in old Basque (by Rijk, Rudolf P.G. de); 13. Weak and strong genitive pronouns in northern basque: A Diachronic perspective (by Rebuschi, Georges); 14. General index