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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]] is in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In [[Spanish]], the language is often called el euskera.
In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]], or the object of a transitive one, is in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In [[Spanish]], the language is often called el euskera.
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]