The Basque Language and Spanish Officialdom

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The Basque language has no known, proven relatives anywhere in the world. Its structure and grammar are all completely distinct from those of its neighbors. During the dictatorship of francisco franco it was pretty well clamped down on. Even speaking it in public ho could get you in trouble. The basqus have been hanging out there and not been assimilated into neighbouring populations.

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