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| | INTRODUCTION |
 | | Euskara is spoken by a population of around 600.000 to 700.000 people.The Basques call themselves euskaldun, a term that means 'euskara speaker' (for the names euskara, vasco, vascuence, vascongado, see Mitxelena (1977:13-16)). |
 | | Thus, when locating Euskara on the world's map, we are simply pointing out those areas where Euskara speakers are more likely to be found, that is, where Euskara is most likely to be heard, or where it is most likely to be used as primary language. |
 | | Nowadays, Euskara's territory has been reduced to Biscay -except the western tip and the city of Bilbao-, Guipuscoa, the valley of Aramaio in the north of Alava, the northwestern area of Navarre and all the Northern Basque Country (the Basque area within French borders), except for the urban areas of Bayonne, Anglet and Biarritz. |
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