Basque language

Basque
Euskara
Native toSpain, France
RegionBasque Country
EthnicityBasque
Native speakers
715,000 (2012)[1]
Early forms
Latin (Basque alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
Basque Country
Regulated byEuskaltzaindia
Language codes
ISO 639-1eu
ISO 639-2baq (B)
eus (T)
ISO 639-3eus
Linguasphere40-AAA-a
Basque Country in Spain and France
Basque Country in Spain and France
Basque dialects
Spoken Basque

Basque (Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people in the Basque Country and its diaspora. Although most other Europeans speak Indo-European languages, Basque is a language isolate and is not related to them or to any other language in the world.

  1. Gobierno Vasco (July 2012). "V. Inkesta Soziolinguistikoa". Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

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