# Joaquín Gorrochategui

> Joaquín Gorrochategui Churruca is a Spanish linguist, emeritus professor of Indo-European linguistics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He works in historical linguistics on the languages of the pre-Roman Iberian Peninsula and the ancient languages of Western Europe, and is regarded as a leading authority on the history of the Basque language. A pupil and continuator of Koldo Mitxelena, he coordinates the Hesperia database of Palaeohispanic languages and epigraphy, and in 2023 was awarded the Euskadi Research Prize.

*Spanish linguist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1953-08-17
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Joaquín Gorrochategui Churruca is a Spanish linguist, emeritus professor of Indo-European linguistics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He works in historical linguistics on the languages of the pre-Roman Iberian Peninsula and the ancient languages of Western Europe, and is regarded as a leading authority on the history of the Basque language. A pupil and continuator of Koldo Mitxelena, he coordinates the Hesperia database of Palaeohispanic languages and epigraphy, and in 2023 was awarded the Euskadi Research Prize.

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