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Name: Basque Alternate Names: Vaskisk; Vascuense; Euskera; Basque (in French); Euskera (in Spanish) Spoken in: Mexico, USA, Australia, Spain, Philippines, Costa Rica, France Number of speakers: 580,000 in Spain (1991 L. Trask). 2,000,000 residents of 3 provinces of Basque territory; 25% born outside territory, 40% in territory born to Basque parents. 4,400,000 in Spain have Basque surname; 19% live in Basque country. Population total all countries: 658,960 (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 660000 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 588108 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: eus Code Authority: ISO 639-3 Code Standard: SIL Families: Basque Parent Subgroup: Basque (basq) Child Dialect Group: Basque, Navarro-Labourdin; Navarro-Labourdin (eus-bqe) Child Dialects: Alto Navarro Meridional (eus-alt) Alto Navarro Septentrional; High Navarrese; Upper Navarran (eus-alm) Alavese; Avalan (eus-ava) Biscayan; Vizcaino (eus-bis) Guipuzcoan; Guipuzcoano; Gipuzkoan (eus-gui) Roncalese; Basque (Roncalese) (eus-ron) Basque, Souletin; Basque (Souletin); Souletin; Souletino; Suletino; Xiberoera; Zuberoera; Suberoan (eus-bsz)

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UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed