basques

     

approx. 18,000,000 worlwide

Trivia about basques

  • After being subdued by the Franks in the 700s, this people formed a kingdom at Pamplona in the 800s
  • The ETA is a terrorist organization trying to get autonomy for this group in Spain
  • Initially, Spanish officials said that a group representing this minority did the 2004 train bombings
  • Despite limited indepedence in N. Spain, many in this oldest W. European group desire full autonomy
  • Jai alai means "merry festival" in the language of this ethnic group of Spain
  • Seemingly unrelated to any other language, "Euskara" is spoken by these people of the Pyrenees
  • U. of Nevada-Reno has the USA's only advanced degree program in the study of this ethnic group of northern Spain
  • In 1981 ETA, a separatist organization of this ethnic group in Spain, kidnapped Julio Iglesias' father
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Bilbao, Spain.) Bilbao is in the area named for this Pyrenees people; take a look at an example of the museum's works by Eduardo Chillida, one of this peoples' finest artists
  • This ethnic group lives in the Pyrenees & speaks Euskera