Biscayan (Basque: Bizakaiera)is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia) province of the Basque Country (autonomous community) of Spain. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ... Basque (in Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... (For the Vizcaya mansion in Florida, see Villa Vizcaya) Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 14th 7 234 km² 1,4% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 7th 2 124 846 4,9% 293,73/km² Demonym – English – Spanish – Basque Basque vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ...
It is the only member of the western branch of Basque. It's territory, that also extends slightly into neighbour Alava and Gipuzkoa, corresponds strikingly with the ancient tribe of the Caristii, as described by Roman authors. lava (Basque Araba, Spanish lava) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Guipúzcoa province Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ...
While it is treated as stylish to write in Bizkaiera, and it's still spoken generally in about half Biscay and some other municipalities, the dialect suffers from the double pressure of Unified Basque and Spanish.
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