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The Basque Language In The Basque Autonomous Community, Iñigo Urrutia, Xabier Irujo

Iñigo URRUTIA

Euskara coexists with two of the most powerful languages with the greatest circulation worldwide, Spanish to the south of the Pyrenees and French to the north. Linguistic regulation becomes essential in areas where there is contact with other languages; however, the focus can be very different, ranging from a framework of prohibition, through the simple lack of knowledge on the linguistic realities, to their support and promotion.

In the territory of the Basque Autonomous Community, a system of two official languages is in force, which is applied to a situation of contact between languages characterized by the unequal position between …

Basque In The Foral Community Of Navarre (Cfn), Xabier Irujo, Iñigo Urrutia

Iñigo URRUTIA

The status of the Basque language in Navarre is characterized by the enforcement of a system of linguistic zones that modulates citizens’ linguistic rights depending on where geographically they wish to exercise such rights. In this chapter, the authors describe the legal situation of the Basque language and analyze the development of the linguistic policy in Navarre over the last few years, characterized as it is by its progressively restricted treatment with respect to its own language, which has brought about rebukes from European instances.