BASQUE LANGUAGE

The Basque language is spoken in the ancient region of Basque Country, today entirely settled in the state of Spain: for this reason and because it is the only survived of the paleo European languages, Basque is considered the official Basque country language in both the spanish autonomous communities of Basque and Navarre and in the french Nouvelle-Aquitaine region but is not recognized by European Union.

Basque has always been spoken by the Basque people included in the group of the megalithics people that seem to share some common linguistic traits, in particular the ancient Liguarian language, while some scholars includes the Basque language (called euskera) among the Déné-Caucasian super-family spreaded from North America to Eurasia since the Paleolithic age, that is the epoch when Vascones were living on the Atlantic coasts of Europe so becoming part of the history of european integration. Basque is witten on left-to-right orizzontally with its own Basque Alphabet of 27 latin letters established by Euskaltzaindia institution, that is the official academic language authority for Basque in Spain

This language is spoken only in the states of Spain and France, cause of the historical presence of the Navarra kingdom since VIII century AD, divided in the several historical local dialects of Byscayan, Gipuzkoan, Navarrese (upper and eastern), Lapurdian, Souletin/Zuberoan, Alavese and Salazarese, still spoken by not more than one million people in that area since ever.

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