Basque is a language spoken in Europes Basque country a region in the western Pyrenees that includes parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. Basque is considered to be a language isolate or one that has no genealogical relationship with other languages. There are over 700000 native speakers in Basque country and nearly 2 million nonnative or passive speakers worldwide. Because it is unrelated to other languages and has a complex grammar system it has been deemed the hardest language in the world to learn. Scholars polyglots and anyone interested in studying a linguistic mystery have enthusiastically taken on the challenge of learning Basque. Ideal for those new to Basque learning at home or in the classroom Beginners Basque with Online Audio includes a brief introduction to Basque history and culture 12 carefullypaced and practical lessons with dialogues vocabulary and expressions exercises for each lesson with answer key BasqueEnglish and EnglishBasque glossaries an alphabet and pronunciation guide and online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers.