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Basque -LRB- -LSB- bæsk -RSB- or -LSB- bɑːsk -RSB- Basque  : euskara , -LSB- eusˈkaɾa -RSB- -RRB- is the language spoken by the Basques .. Basque. Basques. Basques. Basques. Linguistically , Basque is unrelated to the other languages of Europe and indeed , as a language isolate , to any other known language .. Basque. Basques. language isolate. language isolate. The Basques are indigenous to , and primarily inhabit , the Basque Country , a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France .. Basque Country. Basque Country ( greater region ). Basque. Basques. Basques. Basques. Pyrenees. Pyrenees. Spain. Spain. France. France. The Basque language is spoken by 27 % of Basques in all territories -LRB- 714,135 out of 2,648,998 -RRB- .. Basque. Basques. Basques. Basques. Of these , 93 % -LRB- 663,035 -RRB- are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 7 % -LRB- 51,100 -RRB- are in the French portion .. Basque Country. Basque Country ( greater region ). Basque. Basques. Native speakers live in a contiguous area that includes parts of four Spanish territories and the three `` ancient provinces '' in France .. France. France. Gipuzkoa , most of Biscay , a few municipalities of Alava , and the northern area of Navarre formed the core of the remaining Basque-speaking area before measures were introduced in the 1980s to strengthen the language .. Basque. Basques. Navarre. Navarre. Gipuzkoa. Gipuzkoa. Biscay. Biscay. Alava. Alava. By contrast , most of Alava , the western part of Biscay and central and southern areas of Navarre are predominantly populated by native speakers of Spanish , either because Basque was replaced by Spanish over the centuries , in some areas -LRB- most of Alava and central Navarre -RRB- , or because it was possibly never spoken there , in other areas -LRB- Enkarterri and southeastern Navarre -RRB- .. Basque. Basques. Navarre. Navarre. Biscay. Biscay. Alava. Alava. was replaced. Language shift. Enkarterri. Enkarterri. Under Restorationist and Francoist Spain , public use of Basque was frowned upon , often regarded as a sign of separatism ; this applied especially to those regions that did not support Franco 's uprising -LRB- such as Biscay or Gipuzkoa -RRB- .. Basque. Basques. Spain. Spain. Gipuzkoa. Gipuzkoa. Biscay. Biscay. Restorationist. Restoration ( Spain ). Francoist Spain. Francoist Spain. separatism. separatism. However , in those Basque-speaking regions that supported the uprising -LRB- such as Navarre or Alava -RRB- the Basque language was more than merely tolerated .. Basque. Basques. Navarre. Navarre. Alava. Alava. Overall , in the 1960s and later , the trend reversed and education and publishing in Basque began to flourish .. Basque. Basques. As a part of this process , a standardized form of the Basque language , called Euskara Batua , was developed by the Euskaltzaindia in the late 1960s .. Basque. Basques. Euskaltzaindia. Euskaltzaindia. Euskara Batua. Standard Basque. Besides its standardised version , the five historic Basque dialects are Biscayan , Gipuzkoan , and Upper Navarrese in Spain , and Navarrese -- Lapurdian and Souletin in France .. Basque. Basques. Biscayan. Biscayan dialect. Gipuzkoan. Gipuzkoan dialect. Upper Navarrese. Eastern Navarrese dialect. dialects. #Dialects. Spain. Spain. France. France. Souletin. Souletin dialect. They take their names from the historic Basque provinces , but the dialect boundaries are not congruent with province boundaries .. Basque. Basques. Euskara Batua was created so that Basque language could be used -- and easily understood by all Basque speakers -- in formal situations -LRB- education , mass media , literature -RRB- , and this is its main use today .. Basque. Basques. Euskara Batua. Standard Basque. In both Spain and France , the use of Basque for education varies from region to region and from school to school .. Basque. Basques. Spain. Spain. France. France. A language isolate , Basque is believed to be one of the few surviving pre-Indo-European languages in Europe , and the only one in Western Europe .. Basque. Basques. language isolate. language isolate. pre-Indo-European languages. pre-Indo-European languages. Indo-European languages. Indo-European languages. The origin of the Basques and their languages are not conclusively known , though the most accepted current theory is that early forms of Basque developed prior to the arrival of Indo-European languages in the area , including the Romance languages that geographically surround the Basque-speaking region .. Basque. Basques. Basques. Basques. origin of the Basques. origin of the Basques. Indo-European languages. Indo-European languages. Romance languages. Romance languages. Basque has adopted a good deal of its vocabulary from the Romance languages , and Basque speakers have in turn lent their own words to Romance speakers .. Basque. Basques. Romance languages. Romance languages. The Basque alphabet uses the Latin script .. Basque. Basques. Basque alphabet. Basque alphabet. Latin script. Latin script