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"I have read that Navajo language is similar to Basque of Spain and France."

This may explain it?

The Relationship Between The Basque And Ainu

BTW, I was reading the book "Collapse" by Jared Diamond last night and he said that the Vikings of Greenland survived for a while on the ptarmigan bird. Didn't know what it was previously.

[SunkenCiv]

America B.C.
by Barry Fell
(1976)
find it in a nearby library

A fascinating letter I received from a Shoshone Indian who had been traveling in the Basque country of Spain tells of his recognition of Shoshone words over there, including his own name, whose Shoshone meaning proved to match the meaning attached to a similar word by the modern Basques. Unfortunately I mislaid this interesting letter. If the Shoshone scholar who wrote to me should chance to see these words I hope he will forgive me and contact me again. The modern Basque settlers of Idaho may perhaps bring forth a linguist to investigate matters raised in this chapter. [p 173]