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Upper Navarrese dialect

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Native to
  
Spain

Dialects
  
Aezkoan Baztanese

Region
  
Navarre

Upper Navarrese dialect

Language family
  
Basque Upper Navarrese

Glottolog
  
alto1238  (Alto Navarro Septentrional) alto1237  (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.

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

References

Upper Navarrese dialect Wikipedia