| Salazarese | |
|---|---|
| Zaraitzuko uskara | |
| Native to | Spain |
| Region | Salazar Valley, Navarre |
| Extinct | 2000s[citation needed] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
 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 Zaraitzuko euskara.
Basque was spoken in the Salazar valley until the first half of the 20th century; ever since, the number of speakers started a dramatic decline. At the time of the 2002 linguistic census,[citation needed] there were only two native speakers, both with ages over 85, and within a few years Salazarese became extinct.[1] However, its features had been documented over the 19th and 20th centuries.
From the 1980s there has been a revival of the Basque language in Spain. As a result, roughly a quarter of the valley's inhabitants now speak Standard Basque. It would be possible to revive the Salazarese dialect to some degree by teaching its features to Batua speakers.
- ^ "Ekialdeko nafarra (Euskalkia)". Ahotsak.com.