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[[File:Linguistic map Southwestern Europe-en.gif | thumb | 400px | This animated map shows a gradual shrinkage in the area where the basque language is spoken.]] | [[File:Linguistic map Southwestern Europe-en.gif | thumb | 400px | This animated map shows a gradual shrinkage in the area where the basque language is spoken.]] | ||
The '''basque language''' is one of the few non-[[Indo-European languages]] to survive in [[Europe]] to the present day.<ref name=Bbc2015-09-07/> There are no languages related to the basque language. | The '''basque language''', known to speakers as '''Euskara''', is one of the few non-[[Indo-European languages]] to survive in [[Europe]] to the present day.<ref name=Bbc2015-09-07/><ref name=bbc2017-07-19/> There are no languages related to the basque language. | ||
The ''[[BBC News]]'' reported, in 2017, that 700,000 people speak the basque language. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| url = | | url = https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170719-the-mysterious-origins-of-europes-oldest-language | ||
| title = | | title = The mysterious origins of Europe’s oldest language | ||
| work = | | work = [[BBC News]] | ||
| author = | | author = | ||
| date = | | date = 2017-07-19 | ||
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| accessdate = 2022-08-20 | | accessdate = 2022-08-20 | ||
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| quote = | | quote = Euskara, spoken in the autonomous communities of Navarre in northern Spain and the Basque Country across northern Spain and south-western France, is a mystery: it has no known origin or relation to any other language, an anomaly that has stumped linguistic experts for ages. | ||
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Revision as of 21:10, 20 August 2022
The basque language, known to speakers as Euskara, is one of the few non-Indo-European languages to survive in Europe to the present day.[1][2] There are no languages related to the basque language.
The BBC News reported, in 2017, that 700,000 people speak the basque language.
References
- ↑ Ancient DNA cracks puzzle of Basque origins, BBC News, 2015-09-07. Retrieved on 2022-08-20. mirror
- ↑ The mysterious origins of Europe’s oldest language, BBC News, 2017-07-19. Retrieved on 2022-08-20. “Euskara, spoken in the autonomous communities of Navarre in northern Spain and the Basque Country across northern Spain and south-western France, is a mystery: it has no known origin or relation to any other language, an anomaly that has stumped linguistic experts for ages.”