One of Getaria's most important heritages is the Basque language, which is essential for getting to know our culture and feeling like one of the locals. Basque has a special value for the people of Getaria, as it is a reflection of our identity, culture and history.

Basque is one of the oldest living languages in the world, but we still do not know its origin, it is a language unknown even to researchers; they say that it is genetically isolated and that it is one of the few languages that has no relatives. The Indo-European languages (Germanic, Romance, Slavic, etc.) dominated the whole of Europe, yet Basque has not disappeared.