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The Basque Language, which is the language spoken by the Basque people, is currently used in Southern France and in Northern Spain.

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What regions speak the latin galician and basque language in Spain?

Latin is not spoken in any region of Spain. Galician is spoken mainly in Galicia. Basque is spoken as a second language only, mainly in the Basque regions of Spain and France.


What is the primary language spoken in bilbao?

Spanish is the primary language spoken in Bilbao. However, many people there also speak Basque.


What is the Basque language?

A language which is spoken on both sides of the border between southern France and northern Spain is what the Basque language is.Specifically, the language is not known to be related to any language in the region and in fact to any other language in the world. Some scholars link it to languages -- such as Georgian -- which are spoken in Eurasia's Caucasus. People will find the language typically called Euskara by its native speakers.


What language is Basque derived from?

Basque is considered a language isolate, meaning it does not have any known linguistic relatives. It is not derived from any other language and is unique to the Basque Country in Northern Spain and Southwest France.


Where did the Basque language come from?

It is unknown where the Basque language came from.Specifically, the Basque language is unrelated to any of the dialects and languages which can be found in France and Spain, across whose borders the Basque Country (Euzkadi) is located. Some scholars suggest that Basque may be the language spoken by the Iberian Peninsula's original inhabitants. Others tend to support an origin within Eurasia's Caucasus.

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What language beginning with b is spoken in Spain?

Basque is spoken in Basque Country in Spain.


What regions speak the latin galician and basque language in Spain?

Latin is not spoken in any region of Spain. Galician is spoken mainly in Galicia. Basque is spoken as a second language only, mainly in the Basque regions of Spain and France.


What is the primary language spoken in bilbao?

Spanish is the primary language spoken in Bilbao. However, many people there also speak Basque.


What is the Basque language?

A language which is spoken on both sides of the border between southern France and northern Spain is what the Basque language is.Specifically, the language is not known to be related to any language in the region and in fact to any other language in the world. Some scholars link it to languages -- such as Georgian -- which are spoken in Eurasia's Caucasus. People will find the language typically called Euskara by its native speakers.


What languages are spoken in the Navarre and Basque Country regions?

Spanish (Castillian) is the dominant language in both Navarre and the Basque Country, but both regions recognize Basque as a co-official language. Around 30% of Basque Country residents speak Basque (but almost all of them also speak Spanish) and a far smaller number, around 10% speak Basque in Navarre.


What language is not spoken in Spain?

The language that speakers of English call Spanish is called Castillano, or Castillian, in Spain. While that language is spoken throughout Spain, there are regions where other languages predominate, or are making a return. Catalan is spoken in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, Valencian is spoken in the Valencian Community, Galician is spoken in Galicia, and Basque is spoken in the Basque Country and Navarre. Except for Basque, they are all closely related languages, when looked at from outside. If you look at a map of Spain, that makes up the borders and coasts along the North and East of the country.


What kind of Basque language was spoken in Navarrenx France?

Eastern lower Navarrese (Nafarroa Beherea) is the kind of Basque language which historically is spoken in Navarrenx, France.Specifically, the location is within the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in terms of southwestern France and within the northwestern part of Euzkadi ("The Basque Country"). It is within an area which historically is associated with Labourdian Basque (Lapurtara/Lapurtera), the other of the three main kinds of Basque -- along with Souletin Basque (Zuberera) -- spoken in the northern Basque Country/southwestern France.


What language is Basque derived from?

Basque is considered a language isolate, meaning it does not have any known linguistic relatives. It is not derived from any other language and is unique to the Basque Country in Northern Spain and Southwest France.


What is the name of the country with which the Basque language is strongly identified?

Spain is the country with which Basque strongly is identified even though the language also is spoken in France.Specifically, the Basque language is spoken on both sides of the border between France and Spain. In the northern Basque Country - on the border's French-speaking side - Basque-speakers predominantly live in three provinces. In the southern Basque Country - on the border's Spanish-speaking side - they predominantly live in four provinces.


Is Basque spoken mostly in France?

Northern part of Spain, this region is always at odds with the rest of Spain are looking to become independent, which will never happen,Answer:Basque is a language/cultural group. There is no nation called Basque. The Basque regions include the Spanish provinces of Alava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, and the Autonomous Community of Navarre. There is also a French Basque region of Lower Navarre, Labourd and Soule.Answer:There is no country called "Basque"is what the people there are called "basque" comes from Vaskania a small place located between France and Spain, both France and Spain would like to claim this place but the people there would like to be their own country. Some people speak french basque and some spanish basque depending which side they live on, the language is wgat is called a language isilate, meaning it has no links to any other modern language.


Where did the Basque language come from?

It is unknown where the Basque language came from.Specifically, the Basque language is unrelated to any of the dialects and languages which can be found in France and Spain, across whose borders the Basque Country (Euzkadi) is located. Some scholars suggest that Basque may be the language spoken by the Iberian Peninsula's original inhabitants. Others tend to support an origin within Eurasia's Caucasus.


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