Euskara Araban

Abstract

Within the Basque Provinces, Araba is the most Spanish-spoken one, and the aim of this report is precisely to explain the process by which Araba has acquired a Spanish flavour. The steps taken nowadays in the opposite direction, the way for becoming Basque, are also somehow mentioned. The second part of the article goes on to show how the Basque language spoken in Araba is. Finally, the report concludes with a proposition to consider the Basque language of Araba a “west-side language”, together with the ones of Biscay and the basin of the river Deba.