Is the Basque language related to PIE?

There are no living languages known to be related to Basque , and it sows no similarity to Indo-European languages even though it has borrowed numerous words from Spanish and Spanish has borrowed a fair number of words from it . read more

Basque is not demonstrably related to any other family of languages. The modern Basque dialects are clearly related to the Acquitanian language known from Roman era inscriptions, but that is all we can say about relationships. read more

The Basque language is spoken by 28.4% of Basques in all territories (751,500). Of these, 93.2% (700,300) are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 6.8% (51,200) are in the French portion. Native speakers live in a contiguous area that includes parts of four Spanish provinces and the three "ancient provinces" in France. read more

Basque language, also called Euskara or Euskera, language isolate, the only remnant of the languages spoken in southwestern Europe before the region was Romanized in the 2nd through 1st century bce. The Basque language is predominantly used in an area comprising approximately 3,900 square miles (10,000 square kilometres) in Spain and France. read more