Basque (Basque: , ) is a
language isolate ancestral to the
Basque people. The Basque are indigenous to, and primarily inhabit, the
Basque Country, a region that spans the westernmost
Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern
Spain and southwestern
France. The Basque language is spoken by 27% of Basques in all territories (714,135 out of 2,648,998). Of these, 663,035 are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 51,100 are in the French portion.