'''Basque''' (Euskara) is a language spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]]. It is not an Indo-European language, but is instead believed to be a language isolate. Basque is an ergative language, which means that the subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case.
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'''Basque''' is a language spoken by approximately 1 million people the Basque country in [[France]] and [[Spain]].
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It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European]] languages.
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In Basque, the subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case.