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Name: Basque
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Vaskisk; Vascuense; Euskera; Euskara
Spoken in: Mexico, USA, Australia, Spain, Philippines, Costa Rica, France
Number of speakers: 580,000 in Spain (1991 L. Trask). 2,000,000 residents of 3 provinces of Basque territory; 25% born outside territory, 40% in territory born to Basque parents. 4,400,000 in Spain have Basque surname; 19% live in Basque country. Population total all countries: 658,960 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 660000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 588108 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: eus
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Basque
Parent Subgroup: Basque (basq)
Child Dialect Group: Basque, Navarro-Labourdin; Navarro-Labourdin; Labourdin; Lapurdiera; Eastern Low Navarrese; Benaffarera; Bajo Navarro Oriental; Western Low Navarrese; Bajo Navarro Occidental (eus-bqe)
Child Dialects: Alto Navarro Meridional (eus-alt) Alto Navarro Septentrional; High Navarrese; Upper Navarran (eus-alm) Alavese; Avalan; Álava; Araba; Alavan (eus-ava) Biscayan; Vizcaino (eus-bis) Guipuzcoan; Guipuzcoano; Gipuzkoan; Gipuzkera (eus-gui) Roncalese; Basque (Roncalese) (eus-ron) Basque, Souletin; Basque (Souletin); Souletin; Souletino; Suletino; Xiberoera; Zuberoera; Suberoan (eus-bsz)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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