Aurten Bai Fundazioa | Aurten Bai Foundation*
ORGANISATION
Aurten Bai Fundazioa | Aurten Bai Foundation*
The Aurten Bai Foundation was established in 1988 and its objectives include the promotion and dissemination of Basque language and Basque culture, as well as the creation of new materials based on new technologies. It also manages Zornotzako Barnetegia, the boarding Basque learning centre, approved by Basque Government.
Since 1998, Aurten Bai has been a member of EBLUL representing the Basque language.
Aurten Bai Foundation’s representative sits on NPLD’s Steering Committee meetings.
COUNTRY
Spain
TYPE OF ORGANISATION
Associate Member
WEBSITE
NAME OF THE LANGUAGE
Basque
Euskara
TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEAKERS
HIZTUN-KOPURUA GUZTIRA
751,500
NUMBER OF NATIVE SPAKERS
LEHEN HIZKUNTZA EUSKARA DUTENEN KOPURUA
479,400
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
EREMU GEOGRAFIKOA
Basque Autonomous Community (BAC), Navarre and Northern Basque Country (NBC)
Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa EAE, Nafarroa eta Ipar Euskal Herria (IEH)
LANGUAGE FAMILY
HIZKUNTZA-FAMILIA
Official in the BAC, official in the Basque speaking area of Navarre, and not official in the NBC
Ofiziala EAEn, ofiziala Nafarroako eremu batzuetan, eta ez ofiziala IEHn
FIELDS OF USE
ERABILERA-ARLOAK
Used in all social areas: writing and oral use in public administration, judiciary, education (all levels), health services, media, leisure, cultural and social life, and in socio-economics (according to the level of formalization in each of the territories of Basque).
Gizartearen alor guztietan: idatzizko eta ahozko erabilera herri-administrazioan, justizian, hezkuntzan (maila guztietan), osasun-arloan, hedabideetan, aisialdian, kultura- eta gizarte-bizitzan, eta esparru sozioekonomikoan (euskararen lurralde bakoitzean dagoen ofizializazio-mailaren arabera)
YEAR OF SOURCE
2016 (population aged 16 or over)