The Basques, an ethnically distinct group inhabiting…
2637 BCE to 910 BCE
The Basques, an ethnically distinct group inhabiting the western Pyrenees, predate the arrival of the Iberians in the region.
Their pre-Indo-European language, Euskara, is a linguistic isolate, with no known links to any other language. Attempts to connect it to pre-Latin Iberian remain unconvincing.
The Romans refer to them as Vascones, a name that later evolves into Basque.