Basque dialects

Biscayan, sometimes Bizkaian, (Basque: Bizkaiera) is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the Biscay, province of the Basque Country of Spain. Image File history File links Basque_Dialects. ... Image File history File links Basque_Dialects. ... 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. ... 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  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 124 846  4,9%  293,73/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€“ Basque  Basque  vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ...

It is the only member of the western branch of the Basque language. The territory in which it is spoken, that also extends slightly into neighbour Alava and Gipuzkoa, bears great similarity to that of the Caristii tribe, 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. ... Caristii were a tribe reported by Roman historians in Northern Hispania west of the Deba and east of the Nervion rivers. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ...

Whilst it is treated as stylish to write in Biscayan, and it is still spoken generally in about half of Bizkaia and some other municipalities, the dialect suffers from the double pressure of Unified Basque and Spanish. Basque Country Batua (English Unified) is a standardised dialect of the Basque language most widely and commonly spoken throughout the Basque Country. ...