ISO 639-3 · euseus
Paleo-European languages family
Basque
Euskara
Basque is a language of the Vasconic branch (Paleo-European languages), spoken in Spain and France. Wikidata counts about 750,000 speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “language of the Basque people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
eus- ISO 639-1
eu- Glottocode
basq1248- Family
- Paleo-European languages
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 42.88, -1.94
- Wikipedia
- 179 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Basque · Euskara |
|---|---|
| Also called | Euskara, Basque language |
| All speakers | 750,000 (2016) |
| Written in | Basque alphabet, Latin script |
| Grammatical cases | 18 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Paleo-European languages to Basque
The branches above Basque, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Spain
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafecatCatalanIndo-European · 10 m2 · ProvincialglgGalicianIndo-European · 2.4 m2 · ProvincialastAsturianIndo-European · 560,0006b · ThreatenedrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedgscGasconIndo-European · 250,000Definitely endangeredextExtremaduranIndo-European · 201,5007 · Shifting