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As for where they came from, their origins are somewhat mysterious. The Basque language (Euskara) is an extremely complex language which has no close relatives anywhere else in the world (it is therefore not related at all to Spanish). It is surmised that perhaps they are descendants of the original Neolithic inhabitants of Europe, perhaps one of many groups forced into small pockets around Europe by later peoples (who spoke early Indo-European languages). Euskara is the last remaining native non-Indo-European language (Etruscan was also non-Indo-European). Finno-Ugric (eg Finnish, Hungarian) and Turkic languages came to be spoken in Europe via Immigration and invasion and are the main non-Indo-European languages besides Basque found in Europe.

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Generally fair and tall concerning appearance and choosing and defending accessible and inaccessible sites are reasons why the Basque people are from northern Spain.

Specifically, the question "how are" can be asking for what the Basque people look like or for why they inhabit the area which they do. Concerning appearance, the Basque generally look fairer of eyes and hair and taller than their fellow inhabitants of France and Spain. Regarding location, the Basque may have been coast- and mountain-dwellers in Eurasia before arriving in what is now southwestern France and northwestern Spain. A component of migration theory suggests that migrants seek in a new homeland what is familiar from their point of origin. As history's fishers, navigators, pastoralists and sailors, they would have felt comfortable with the coastal, hilly and mountainous terrain which they discovered - and persisted in calling home - millennia ago in today's Basque Country.

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The Basque Country, an area in NE Spain and SW France.

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