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Upper Navarrese dialect

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Upper Navarrese
High Navarrese
Native toSpain
RegionNavarre
Basque
  • Upper Navarrese
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologalto1238  Alto Navarro Septentrional
alto1237  Alto Navarro Meridional
  Septentrional
  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.

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