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euskera

Basque language, Euskara

noun ews-KEH-rah Rare

Usage Note

Euskera (also euskara) is the name of the Basque language — a language isolate with no known relatives, spoken by about 750,000 people in the Basque Country straddling France and Spain. French uses both basque and euskera to refer to the language, with euskera being more specific.

Examples

"L'euskera est une langue très ancienne."

Natural Translation

Euskara is a very ancient language.

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