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) | |
|---|---|
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| 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
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Barscunes coin, Roman period
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Monument to the Charters in Pamplona (1903)
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Mountains of the Basque Country
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Leitza, in Navarre, Basque Country
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Basque festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Basque festival in Winnemucca, Nevada, United States
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Cover of the first Basque language book, written by Bernard Etxepare
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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. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ↑ Günther, Torsten; et al. (2015). "Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (38): 11917–11922. Bibcode:2015PNAS..11211917G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1509851112. PMC 4586848. PMID 26351665.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ "Basque sociolinguistics". Eke.eus. Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
