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The Basque Country has two official laguages: Euskera and Spanish (Castellano). The entire population speaks Spanish. The use of Euskera, the original language of The Basque Country, is more restricted. It is a language whose origin is still undetermined and it has no similarities at all with the neighboring languages. In fact it is not even rooted to Latin or Indo-European.
Signs on the roads, in airports, harbours, official centers, etc. are often bilingual. Signs will always be posted in Spanish. Many Basque's also speak French because of its close proximity and a general understanding of English is usual.

Here some common terms in Euskera:

EUSKERA CASTELLANO INGLISH FRENCH GERMAN
Agur Adios Good bye Au revoir Auf Wiedersehen
Aireportua Aeropuerto Airport Aéroport Flughafen
Aparkalekua Aparcamiento Parking Parking Parkplatz
Bai Yes Oui Ja
Bilbo Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao
Donostia San Sebastián San Sebastian Saint Sebastién San Sebastian
Egunon Buenos días Good morning Bonjour Guten Tag
Eguna Día Day Jour Tag
Ertzaintza Policía Autónoma Regional police Police régionale Bezirkspolizei
Euskadi País Vasco Basque Country Pays Basque Baskenland
Ez No No Non Nein
Gabon Buenas Noches Good night Bonne nuit Gute Nacht
Gasteiz Vitoria Vitoria Vitoria Vitoria
Hondartza Playa Beach Plage Strand
Hotela Hotel Hotel Hôtel Hotel
Jatetxea Restaurante Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant
Kaixo Hola Hello Salut Hallo
Mesedez Por favor Please S'il vous plaît Bitte
Ongi etorri Bienvenido Welcome Bienvenue Wilkommen
Turismo Bulegoa Oficina de Turismo Tourism office Office du tourisme Verkehrsbüro
Udaletxea Ayuntamiento Town/city council Mairie Rathaus
Udaltzaingoa Policía Municipal Municipal police Police municipale Stadtspolizei

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