Navarro-Labourdin or Navarro-Lapurdian ( eu, nafar-lapurtera) is a

Basque dialect Basque dialects are linguistic varieties of the Basque language which differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from Standard Basque. Between six and nine Basque dialects have been historically distinguished: *Biscayan ...

spoken in the Lower Navarre and Labourd (Lapurdi) former provinces of the French

Basque Country Basque Country may refer to: * Basque Country (autonomous community), as used in Spain ( es, País Vasco, link=no), also called , an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map) * French Basque Country o ...

(in the Pyrénées Atlantiques ''

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

''). It consists of two dialects in older classifications, Lower Navarrese and Labourdin. It differs somewhat from

Upper Navarrese Upper Navarrese (sometimes called High Navarrese) is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the Navarre ( eu, Nafarroa or ''Nafarroa Garaia'') community of Spain, as established by linguist Louis Lucien Bonaparte in his famous 1869 map. He ...

spoken in the Peninsular Basque Country. Lower Navarrese or Low Navarrese (

Standard Basque Standard Basque ( eu, euskara batua or simply ''batua'') is a standardised version of the Basque language, developed by the Basque Language Academy in the late 1960s, which nowadays is the most widely and commonly spoken Basque-language version ...

: ''behe-nafarrera'') is actually two subdialects, eastern and western; the western dialect continues into eastern Labourd. Labourdin (French ''labourdin''; Standard Basque ''lapurtera'', locally ''lapurtara'') is spoken in western Lapurdi. Labourdin is felt by speakers of other dialect to be clear-cut and elegant, retaining like other northern Basque dialects the consonant , and it was used along with

Gipuzkoan Gipuzkoan ( eu, Gipuzkera; es, Guipuzcoano) is a dialect of the Basque language spoken mainly in the central and eastern parts of the province of Gipuzkoa in Basque Country and also in the northernmost part of Navarre. It is a central dialect ...

and High Navarrese in the creation of the

Batua Standard Basque ( eu, euskara batua or simply ''batua'') is a standardised version of the Basque language, developed by the Basque Language Academy in the late 1960s, which nowadays is the most widely and commonly spoken Basque-language version ...

, a standardised form of Basque intended for teaching and the media. Classic Labourdin was a literary language of the 17th century, used by authors such as

Axular Pedro Agerre, best known as ''Axular'', was one of the main Basque writers of the 17th century. His main work was ''Gero'' (''Later''), published in 1643, an ascetic book written with elaborate prose and composed following the traumatic period of ...

. The type of syllable stress in

Hondarribia Hondarribia ( eu, Hondarribia; es, Fuenterrabía; french: Fontarrabie) is a town situated on the west shore of Bidasoa river's mouth, in Gipuzkoa, in Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. The border town is situated on a ...

n Basque is considered to be a remainder of the one that may have been used in Classic Lapurdian.

Salazarese Salazarese (locally ''Zaraitzuko uskara'') is the Basque dialect of the Salazar Valley of Navarre, Spain. In English it is also known as Zaraitzu Basque, the Zaraitzu dialect or Salazar dialect; in Spanish as ''salacenco'' and in Basque as ''Zar ...

, spoken in Spain, was once thought to be a subdialect of Navarro-Lapurdian, but it is now classified as

Eastern Navarrese Eastern Navarrese (''Ekialdeko nafar euskalkia'' in Basque) is an extinct Basque dialect spoken in Navarre, Spain. It included two subdialects: Salazarese and Roncalais. The name of this dialect was proposed by the foremost living Basque dia ...

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