Upper Navarrese dialect explained

Upper Navarrese
Also Known As:High Navarrese
States:Spain
Region:Navarre
Speakers:?
Familycolor:grey
Fam1:Basque (language isolate)
Dia1:Aezkoan
Dia2:Baztanese
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:alto1238
Glottoname:Septentrional Upper Navarrese
Glottorefname:Alto Navarro Septentrional
Glotto2:alto1237
Glottoname2:Meridional Upper Navarrese
Glottorefname2:Alto Navarro Meridional

Upper Navarrese (sometimes called High Navarrese) is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the Navarre (Basque: Nafarroa or Nafarroa Garaia) community of Spain, as established by linguist Louis Lucien Bonaparte in his famous 1869 map. He actually distinguished two dialects: Meridional (area of Pamplona and south) and Septentrional. However, the southern varieties became extinct early in the 20th century mainly after becoming absorbed by Northern Spanish or Aragonese. So documentation of the Meridional subgroup is rendered impossible. It is unknown whether the extinction was due to Francisco Franco's fierce suppression of Basque culture.

Upper Navarrese and Eastern Navarrese are no closer to each other than they are to Gipuzkoan.

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