Euskal Herriko hiriburuetako bilakaera soziolinguistikoa (XIX. Jagon jardunaldia: euskararen biziberritzea Euskal Herriko hiriburuetan)

Abstract

One out of every three Basque citizens (1,019,823 people) lives in one of the seven main towns of the Basque Country. Nevertheless, our major cities are relatively non Basque speaking. At most, the percentage of Basque speakers in the main towns is about 40% (in Donibane Garazi/St. Jean Pied-de-Port and Donostia/San Sebastian), and below that in the rest. However, if we consider absolute numbers rather than ratios we observe that a substantial number of Basque speakers live in towns. In fact, a quarter of Basque speakers lives in one of those major towns. A number of features of those speakers and the differences between towns are discussed.