Researchers in Spain believe they have discovered the oldest record of a precursor of the Basque language, pushing its earliest evidence to the first century BC.

The discovery of five words inscribed on a 2,000-year-old bronze hand may help rewrite the history of the Basque language, one of Europe’s most mysterious tongues.

Linguists have long thought that the Basque language, which derives from the mountainous region of northern Spain and southern France, was only some 500 years old. Now, the discovery of an ancient ...

Though the Basque and Armenian languages share no superficial resemblances, they do share a baffling litany of words and grammatical elements.

Miglio is the chair of the newly formed Basque studies program at UCSB. The program is one of only four centers for Basque studies outside of Spain in the world, the other three being in Idaho, Reno, ...

The most anomalous point about the Basques is their language, which is as typically agglutinative as any Asiatic or American tongue.

Proud of their language and culture, many locals can switch effortlessly from Euskara (the Basque language) to Spanish or French. Euskara is unrelated to other west European languages.

Jaialdi, which in the Basque language means “Big Festival,” originally started in 1987, and it has been held every five years starting in 1990 ever since.