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Hizkuntza is a Basque equivalent of the English word "language."
Specifically, the word functions as a noun in its nominative singular form as the subject of a sentence. Its look is different according to the case into which it is declined. The pronunciation will be "ee-SKOON-tsa" in Guipuzcoan Basque.
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