1. Basque is a language isolate, unrelated to any other known living language

2. No living language is a closed system and inter - influences exist among languages.

3. Our Living Language Ax, a nonstandard variant of ask, is often Ax - definition of Ax by The Free Dictionary.

4. But the status quo of a living language is forever mutable: Apostrophizing 1950’s was the norm not so long ago; now it’s more usually 1950s

5. “Basque or Euskara is a unique language and the basis of their name for themselves: ‘Euskaldunak’ or ‘those who speak Basque;’ not known to be related to any other language and likely the oldest living language of Europe.”

6. [Middle English, from Old French, hundred, from Latin Centum; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.] Our Living Language The plural of Cent is Cent in some varieties of vernacular Southern English when preceded by a numeral: That costs eighty Cent.