Language · ISO 639-3 eus · eu
Basque Language euskara
Basque is a language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 2 countries. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Basque is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Basque language
Basque (euskara) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 464th most spoken language in the world — just behind Chuwabu (1.0 million) and ahead of Garo (1.0 million).
Where is Basque spoken?
Basque is used in 2 countries. The largest communities live in Spain (945,608) and France (88,886).
Share of the population that speaks Basque: Spain 2% (945,608) and France 0.1% (88,886).
Basque is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Spain.
Writing system and status
Basque is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 eu, ISO 639-3 eus.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.