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Basque language

Spoken language
Basque is the last surviving Paleo-European language spoken indigenously in Europe, predating the Indo-European languages of the Bronze Age invasion of Europe from the Black Sea by pastoralists whose descendant languages dominate the continent... Wikipedia
Region: Europe
Language family: Language isolate
Native speakers: 750,000 (2016); 434,000 passive speakers and 6,000 monoglots
Native to: Spain, France
Official language in: Spain: Basque Autonomous Community; Navarre (co-official in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre)
Pronunciation: IPA
Recognised minority language in: France: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine