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: They exhibit a lack of genetic markers from Indo-European groups and North African migrations that are common in neighboring Spanish and French populations. Summary of the Annual Report to the Basque Parliament 2024

: The Basque language, Euskara , is a language isolate, meaning it has no known relation to any other living language family, including Indo-European languages. basque

: Genetic studies suggest Basques are descendants of Neolithic farmers who mixed with local Mesolithic hunters and remained isolated from later migrations, such as those of the Romans and Moors. : They exhibit a lack of genetic markers