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The NavarroLabourinBasqueLanguage is a BasqueGroupLanguage of France. SIL code: BQE. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: 67,500 speakers (1991), including 45,000 Labourdin, 22,500 Lower Navarro. Total Basque speakers in France estimated at 80,000 (1991 L. Trask, U. of Sussex). Reported to be 730,000 ethnic Basque in France (1993 Johnstone). Region: French-Spanish border, 800 square miles surrounding Bayonne, Labourd (Lapurdi), and Basse-Navarre departments. Alternate names: NAVARRO-LABOURDIN. Dialects: LABOURDIN (LAPURDIERA), EASTERN LOW NAVARRESE (BENAFFARERA, BAJO NAVARRO ORIENTAL), WESTERN LOW NAVARRESE (BAJO NAVARRO OCCIDENTAL). Comments: Navarro-Labourdin is diverse from other Basque dialects, and needs separate literature. Bilingualism in French. Dictionary. Grammar. Christian. Bible 1856.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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