| Navarro-Labourdin | |
|---|---|
| Lower Navarrese–Labourdin | |
| Native to | France |
| Region | Lower Navarre &Labourd |
Native speakers | (68,000 cited 1991)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bqe (merged intoeus in 2007)[2] |
| Glottolog | basq1249 |
 Navarro-Lapurdian Salazarese | |
Navarro-Labourdin orNavarro-Lapurdian (Basque:nafar-lapurtera) is aBasque dialect spoken in theLower Navarre andLabourd (Lapurdi) former provinces of the FrenchBasque Country (in thePyrénées Atlantiquesdépartement). It consists of two dialects in older classifications, Lower Navarrese and Labourdin. It differs somewhat fromUpper Navarrese spoken in the Peninsular Basque Country.
Lower Navarrese or Low Navarrese (Standard Basque:behe-nafarrera) is actually two subdialects, eastern and western; the western dialect continues into eastern Labourd. Labourdin (Frenchlabourdin; Standard Basquelapurtera, locallylapurtara) is spoken in western Lapurdi.
Labourdin is felt by speakers of other dialect to be clear-cut and elegant, retaining like other northern Basque dialects the consonant/h/, and it was used along withGipuzkoan and High Navarrese in the creation of theBatua, astandardised form of Basque intended for teaching and the media.
Classic Labourdin was a literary language of the 17th century, used by authors such asAxular. The type of syllable stress inHondarribian Basque is considered to be a remainder of the one that may have been used in Classic Lapurdian.
Salazarese, spoken in Spain, was once thought to be a subdialect of Navarro-Lapurdian,[citation needed] but it is now classified asEastern Navarrese.
Retirement Remedy: Merge into Basque [eus]
