Basques
Euskaldunak (Basque) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total population | |
| c. 3 million | |
| Languages | |
| Basque • Spanish • French | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mostly Catholicism) |
The Basques are an ethnic group from the western Pyrenees.[1] Basques speak the Basque language and share ancestry with ancient Vascones and Aquitanians.[2][3]
Basques are indigenous to area known as the Euskal Herria, located on the coast of the Bay of Biscay on the Iberian Peninsula and south-western France.[3]
Culture
[change | change source]Language
[change | change source]The Basque language (endonym: euskara) is spoken by 25%-30%[4] of people in Basque Country. Basque is a language isolate and is unlike other languages.
Sports
[change | change source]Basque pelota is a sport played in Basque Country and other places of the world. Jai Alai, a type of Basque pelota, can be found in the United States and Macau.
Religion
[change | change source]Traditionally, Basques are Catholic. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, was a Basque.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Basque". Oxford Reference online. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ↑ Günther, Torsten; et al. (2015). "Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (38): 11917–11922. Bibcode:2015PNAS..11211917G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1509851112. PMC 4586848. PMID 26351665.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Olalde, Iñigo; et al. (2019). "The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years". Science. 363 (6432): 1230–1234. Bibcode:2019Sci...363.1230O. doi:10.1126/science.aav4040. PMC 6436108. PMID 30872528.
- ↑ "Basque sociolinguistics". Eke.eus. Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
