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    Standard Basque (Basque: euskara batua, lit. 'united Basque') is a standardised version of the Basque language, developed by the Basque Language Academy...
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    Basque (/ˈbæsk, ˈbɑːsk/; euskara [eus̺ˈkaɾa]) is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost...
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  • for the Standard Basque, Names of the letters in the Basque alphabet, Rule passed on 25 November 1994. Retrieved 2010-10-22. (in Basque) "Basque language...
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    The Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria; Spanish: País Vasco; French: Pays basque) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. The Basque Country...
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    Basque surnames are surnames with Basque-language origins or a long, identifiable tradition in the Basque Country. They can be divided into two main types...
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    Basque cuisine refers to the cuisine of the Basque Country and includes meats and fish grilled over hot coals, marmitako and lamb stews, cod, Tolosa bean...
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    pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from Standard Basque. Between six and nine Basque dialects have been historically distinguished: Biscayan...
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    The French Basque Country (French: Pays basque français; Spanish: País Vasco francés), or Northern Basque Country (Basque: Ipar Euskal Herria, or Iparralde...
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    Ikurriña (redirect from Basque flag)
    ikurrina flag (in Basque) or ikurriña (Spanish spelling of the Basque term) is a Basque symbol and the official flag of the Basque Country Autonomous...
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  • delimiters. The Basques (/bɑːsks/ BAHSKS or /bæsks/ BASKS; Basque: euskaldunak [eus̺kaldunak]; Spanish: vascos [ˈbaskos]; French: basques [bask]) are a...
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  • This article provides a sketch of Basque grammar. Basque is the language of the Basque people of the Basque Country or Euskal Herria, which borders the...
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    The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous ethno-linguistic group mainly inhabiting the Basque Country (adjacent areas of Spain and France)....
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    Basque music refers to the music made in the Basque Country, reflecting traits related to its society/tradition, and devised by people from that territory...
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  • unified, formal standard, which finally crystallized in standard Basque (euskara batua) as of 1968.[citation needed] Origin of the Basques "Basque". Oxford English...
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  • The Basque Nationalist Party (Basque: Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea, EAJ [eus̺ko aldeɾdi jelts̻ale.a]; Spanish: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; French: Parti...
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    Upper Navarrese spoken in the Peninsular Basque Country. Lower Navarrese or Low Navarrese (Standard Basque: behe-nafarrera) is actually two subdialects...
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    Algonquian–Basque pidgin, also known as Souriquois, is a Basque-based pidgin proposed by linguist Peter Bakker to have been spoken by Basque whalers and...
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  • gradually disappearing, as Standard Basque is beginning to blur the differences among traditional dialects, especially for younger Basques. Some of the features...
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    Alavese dialect (category CS1 Basque-language sources (eu))
    of people in Álava today are Basque speakers, the majority of these are speakers of Standard Basque who acquired Basque via the education system or moved...
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    institution which watches over the Basque language. It conducts research, seeks to protect the language, and establishes standards of use. It is known in Spanish...
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    Ŕ (section Basque)
    orthography of the Basque language, ⟨ŕ⟩ was used for the /r/ contrasting with ⟨r⟩ which was used for /ɾ/. However, in the standard Basque alphabet, /r/ is...
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  • complex parts of Basque grammar. It is sometimes represented as a difficult challenge for learners of the language, and many Basque grammars devote most...
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    Biscayan, sometimes Bizkaian (Basque: bizkaiera, Spanish: vizcaíno, locally vizcaino), is a dialect of the Basque language spoken mainly in Biscay, one...
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    Basque pelota (Basque: pilota, Spanish: pelota vasca, French: pelote basque) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's...
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    Lehendakari (redirect from Basque president)
    coinage, from the Basque lehendabizi ("first") and the suffix -ari which indicates a profession. Before the establishment of Standard Basque in the 1970s,...
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    Francoist period in Spain, the formation of a standard language, and the large scale introduction of Basque into the education system consequently increased...
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    Salazarese dialect (category Basque dialects)
    been a revival of the Basque language in Spain. As a result, roughly a quarter of the valley's inhabitants now speak Standard Basque. It would be possible...
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    Basque rural sports, known as Deportes Rurales in Spanish or Herri Kirolak in Basque, is the term used for a number of sports competitions rooted in the...
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    Jai alai (category Pages with Basque IPA)
    floor between them. If the ball (called a pelota in Spanish, pilota in Standard Basque) touches the floor outside these walls, it is considered out of bounds...
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    Euzko Gudarostea (redirect from Basque Army)
    The Basque word for a soldier, gudari (plural gudariak), is a neologism (from guda, "war", thus meaning "warrior" literally). The Standard Basque word...
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