'''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.
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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.
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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. In spanish, the language is often called el euskera.