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'''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]].

'''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]].

It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European language]]s.

It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European language]]s.

In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is officially called ''Euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist).

In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]] and the object of a transitive one are in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In Basque, the language is called ''euskara'' (although dialect spellings exist, such as ''euskera''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=euskera&testua=&gakoa=&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref> and ''eskuara''<ref>[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?sarrera=eskuara&option=com_hiztegianbilatu&view=frontpage&Itemid=410&lang=eu&bila=bai]</ref>, '''''euskara'''' is the preferred variant).

 

 

*[http://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4173:erakundearen-berri-en&catid=78:ren-berri&lang=en ''Euskaltzaindia'', Academy of the Basque Language].

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