Basques
The Basques are an ethnic group from the western Pyrenees.[1] Basques speak the Basque language and share ancestry with ancient Vascones and Aquitanians.[2][3]
Euskaldunak (Basque) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total population | |
| c. 3 million | |
| Languages | |
| Basque • Spanish • French | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mostly Catholicism) |
Basques are indigenous to area known as the Euskal Herria, located on the coast of the Bay of Biscay on the Iberian Peninsula and south-western France.[3]
Culture
Language
The Basque language (endonym: euskara) is spoken by 25%-30%[4] of people in Basque Country. Basque is a language isolate and is unlike other languages.
Sports
Basque pelota is a sport played in Basque Country and other places of the world. Jai Alai, a type of Basque pelota, can be found in the United States and Macau.
Religion
Traditionally, Basques are Catholic. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, was a Basque.
Basques Media
Barscunes coin, Roman period
Monument to the Charters in Pamplona (1903)
Mountains of the Basque Country
Leitza, in Navarre, Basque Country
Basque festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Basque festival in Winnemucca, Nevada, United States
Cover of the first Basque language book, written by Bernard Etxepare
Cultural identity according to the 1981 and 1991 census based on the question Do you consider yourself Basque? 1 - Yes2 - Yes, in some ways 3 - No4 - Don't know / Don't answer
References
- ↑ Basque. Oxford Reference online. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ↑ Günther, Torsten. Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (38) (2015). p. 11917–11922. doi:10.1073/pnas.1509851112.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Olalde, Iñigo. The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years. Science 363 (6432) (2019). p. 1230–1234. doi:10.1126/science.aav4040.
- ↑ Basque sociolinguisticsEke.eus. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
