Gipuzkoan

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Gipuzkoan is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the Guipuzcoa (Basque: Gipuzkoa) province of the Basque Country, Spain. It exists as a dual language status with Castilian (Spanish) in the region where it is spoken. Gipuzkoan vocabulary is used heavily in Batua, a standardised dialect of the Basque language used in teaching and the media.

The guipuzcoano or gipuzkera is a dialect from euskera, also known as central dialect, which is spoken in the central part of Guipúzcoa, as well than in Sakana and (Navarra).

Contents 1 Extension 2 Guipuzcoan variants 3 Relevance 4 See also

[edit] Extension

The guipuzcoan dialect is not spoken throughout all of Guipúzcoa, but rather mainly along the River River Deva, from Salinas de Léniz until Elgóibar, vizcaíno dialect, in Oyarzun and also on the limiting frontiers of the River Bidasoa, the High-Navarrese Dialect it's spoken. However the frontier between guipuzcoan and High Navarrese is gradually disappearing over Guipúzcoa, because euskera batúa has taken a broader space and established a foothold, little by little, among young basques.

[edit] Guipuzcoan variants

Within the current "Guipuzcoan" spectrum there are mainly four sub-variants:

• The Beterri variant (from the area surrounding Tolosa zone, down until San Sebastián).
• The Goyerri variant.
• The Urola variant (from Zarauz to Motrico).
• Navarrese Guipuzcoan(Burunda, Echarri-Aranaz).

[edit] Relevance

The guipuzcoano has been one of the main historical dialects of basque, and it has been the literature language from the XVIII century towards. It has a notorial relation with the labortano and the higher-navarro.

[edit] See also

• Euskaltzaindia, the Royal Academy of the Basque Language