Basque is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country, a region straddling the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of southwestern France and northern Spain. It is Europe's only known language isolate and the sole surviving language of Paleo-European origin.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2021 estimate, native speakers. Connections
Written In
Basque is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Basque Language
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Basque (endonym euskara) is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of southwestern France and northern Spain. Basque is Europe's only known language isolate (with no relation to any other known languages) and the only surviving language of Paleo-European origin.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
806,000 (2021)
Infobox, Native to field
France and Spain
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