Basque

Basque is spoken by about 660,000 people in in the Basque country (Euskal Herria) in areas in northern Spain and in the south west of France. Basque is an isolate language which means it is not related to any other languages.

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Examples from eBooks:

Learn some numbers, colours and a
few simple phrases in Basque.

Numbers...


bat, bi, hiru, lau, bost, sei,
zazpi, zortzi, bederatzi,
hamar, hamaika, hamabi.
one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven, twelve.


hiru mugurdi

three raspberries

Zenbat sagar daude?
Sagar bakarra dago.
Gozo-gozo!

How many apples are there?
There is only one apple.
How delicious!

Colours...

Lore hau laranja da.
Bai ederra!

This flower is orange.
How beautiful!

Elurra zuria eta hotza da.
Brrr...

The snow is white and cold.
Brrr...

horia ... laranja ... arrosa .... gorri ..... morea ... berdea

yellow ... orange ... pink ... red ... purple ... green
blue ... brown ... grey ... black ... white

urdina ..... marroia ..... grisa .... beltza ....... zuria

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