| Aquitanian | |
|---|---|
| ᚹᛏᛊ𐋀 | |
 | |
| Pronunciation | [ɐ̞ʊ̯s̻k͈o] |
| Native to | France, Spain |
| Region | Western/Central Pyrenees, Gascony |
| Extinct | by the Early Middle Ages (except in the Northern Basque Country) |
| Iberian | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xaq |
xaq | |
| Glottolog | None |
The Aquitanian language was the language of the ancient Aquitani, spoken on both sides of the western Pyrenees in ancient Aquitaine (approximately between the Pyrenees and the Garonne, in the region later known as Gascony) and in the areas south of the Pyrenees in the valleys of the Basque Country before the Roman conquest.[1] It probably survived in Aquitania north of the Pyrenees until the Early Middle Ages.
Archaeological, toponymical, and historical evidence shows that it was a language or group of languages that represent a precursor of the Basque language.[2][3] The most important pieces of evidence are a series of votive and funerary texts in Latin, dated to the first three centuries AD,[4] which contain about 400 personal names and 70 names of gods.
- ^ See late Basquisation.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Traskwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Lakarra, Joseba A. (2017). "Basque and the Reconstruction of Isolated Languages". In Campbell, Lyle (ed.). Language Isolates. London: Routledge.
- ^ Datter, Lars. "Basque Onomastics of the Eighth to Sixteenth Centuries - Appendix 4: Names Identified from Roman-Era Aquitanian Stones". larsdatter.com.