▁Spain ▁and ▁the ▁south ▁west ▁of ▁France . ▁An ▁ancest ral ▁form ▁of ▁Bas que ▁known ▁as ▁Aqu itan ian ▁appears ▁in ▁Roman ▁ins cri ptions ▁in ▁Aqu itaine , ▁in ▁the ▁south west ▁of ▁France . ▁ ▁Bas que ▁(/ b æ sk / ▁or ▁/ b ɑ ː sk / ; ▁Bas que : ▁E usk ara , ▁IP A : ▁[ eus <0xCC> <0xBA> ˈ ka ɾ a ]) ▁is ▁the ▁language ▁spoken ▁by ▁the ▁Bas ques . ▁L ingu ist ically , ▁Bas que ▁is ▁un related ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁languages ▁of ▁Europe ▁and ▁indeed , ▁as ▁a ▁language ▁isol ate , ▁to ▁any ▁other ▁known ▁language . ▁The ▁Bas ques ▁are ▁ind igen ous ▁to , ▁and ▁primarily ▁inhab it , ▁the ▁Bas que ▁Country , ▁a ▁region ▁that ▁str add les ▁the ▁western most ▁Py ren ees ▁in ▁adjacent ▁parts ▁of ▁northern ▁Spain ▁and ▁south western ▁France . ▁The ▁Bas que ▁language ▁is ▁spoken ▁by ▁ 2 7 % ▁of ▁Bas ques ▁in ▁all ▁territ ories ▁( 7 1 4 , 1 3 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 2 , 6 4 8 , 9 9 8 ). [ 2 ] ▁Of ▁these , ▁ 9 3 % ▁( 6 6 3 , 0 3 5 ) ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁Spanish ▁area ▁of ▁the ▁Bas que ▁Country ▁and ▁the ▁remaining ▁ 7 % ▁( 5 1 , 1 0 0 ) ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁portion .[ 2 ] ▁Native ▁speak ers ▁live ▁in ▁a ▁cont igu ous