Geo Language Services

Basque (Euskara)

Basque is one of Europe’s most unique and ancient languages, spoken by the Basque people in Spain and France, in an area comprising approximately 3,900 square miles (10,000 square kilometres).

  • Classification

    Basque

  • Speakers

    806,000

  • Script

    Basque

  • Text direction

    Left-to-right

  • Other names

    Euskara, euskera

  • Also spoken

    Spain

Basque (Euskara)

The Basque language is unique in that it’s a language isolate, sharing no common roots with the languages of surrounding countries.

Geo Language Services ensures that your content is accurately translated and culturally adapted to resonate with Basque-speaking communities.

Services offered for this language

Translation / Transcreation / Subtitling / Localization / Adaptation / Copywriting / Authoring / Proofreading / Revision / Editing / Translation quality assurance / Terminology / Linguistic validation / Glossary creation / Dubbing / Voice-overs / Transcription / Typesetting / Simultaneous interpreting / Consecutive interpreting / Conference interpreting / Telephone interpreting / Public service interpreting / Interpreting equipment hire / Foreign language consulting

Interesting fact

Spanish takes many loan words from Basque. An obvious example is the Spanish word "izquierda" (left) which bears no resemblance to the word for left in other Romance languages (Latin: sinister, Italian: sinistra). It is taken from the Basque "ezkerda".

How can we help you?

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