'''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]] languages.
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. A much more comprehensive and informative article on Basque (both the language and the people) is available on Wikipedia, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language the Basque Language].
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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.