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Encyclopedia > Gipuzkoan
Basque Country
Basque Country

Gipuzkoan is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the Guipuzcoa (Basque: Gipuzkoa) province of the Basque Country, Spain. It exists as a dual language status with Castilian (Spanish) in the region where it is spoken. Gipuzkoan vocabulary is used heavily in Batua, a standardised dialect of the Basque language used in teaching and the media. Image File history File links Mapa_provincias_Euskal_Herria. ... Image File history File links Mapa_provincias_Euskal_Herria. ... A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language characteristic of a particular group of the languages speakers. ... Basque (native name: 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. ... 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. ... Pays Basque) see Northern Basque Country. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A vocabulary is a set of words known to a person or other entity, or that are part of a specific language. ... Basque Country Batua (English Unified) is a standardised dialect of the Basque language most widely and commonly spoken throughout the Basque Country. ...


The guipuzcoano or gipuzkera is a dialect from euskera, also known as central dialect, which is spoken in the central part of Guipúzcoa, as well than in Sakana and (Navarra). A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language characteristic of a particular group of the languages speakers. ... Basque is the language spoken by the Basque people, who live in northern Spain and the adjoining area of southwestern France. ... Guipúzcoa province Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Sakana (è‚´)is a Japanese term referring to food eaten as an accompaniment to alcohol. ... Navarra is the Spanish name for Navarre (Basque: Nafarroa), an ancient kingdom in the Pyrenees, and now a province and an autonomous community in Spain. ...

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The guipuzcoan dialect is not spoken throughout all of Guipúzcoa, but rather mainly along the River River Deva, from Salinas de Léniz until Elgóibar, vizcaíno dialect, in Oyarzun and also on the limiting frontiers of the River Bidasoa, the High-Navarrese Dialect it's spoken. However the frontier between guipuzcoan and High Navarrese is gradually disappearing over Guipúzcoa, because euskera batúa has taken a broader space and established a foothold, little by little, among young basques. The Bidasoa (French: Bidassoa) is a river in the Basque country of northern Spain. ...


Guipuzcoan variants

Within the current "Guipuzcoan" spectrum there are mainly four sub-variants:

  • The Beterri variant (from the area surrounding Toulouse zone, down until San Sebastián).
  • The Goyerri variant.
  • The Urola variant (from Zarauz to Motrico).
  • Navarrese Guipuzcoan(Burunda, Echarri-Aranaz).

New city flag (Occitan cross) Traditional coat of arms Motto: (Occitan: For Toulouse, always more) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Midi-Pyrénées Department Haute-Garonne (31) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc  (UMP) (since 2004) City Statistics Land... Location Image:Donostia (San Sebastian), Euskadi location. ... Zarauz is a small town in Guipúzcoa, Spain. ... Motrico is a town in the coast of Guipúzcoa, Spain. ...

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The guipuzcoano has been one of the main historical dialects of basque, and it has been the literature language from the XVIII century towards. It has a notorial relation with the labortano and the higher-navarro.


See also

Gipuzkera Euskaltzaindias central office is at Plaza Berria in Bilbao. ...



 
 

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