Languages

Basque

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Basque." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/basque.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Basque. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/basque

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-basque,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Basque},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/basque},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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

eus 1

Speaker Count

806,000 1

2021 estimate, native speakers.

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.

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1. Wikipedia: Basque Language

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