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I've even ran across contentions that the Basques came independently from the stars.

But I didn't put any significant stock in it.

Is it true that their language seems unrelated to any other known language? Or are there some meager associations with something or other?

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"Is it true that their language seems unrelated to any other known language? Or are there some meager associations with something or other?"

There are associations with other languages. I think one is Finnish and I've even read that there is an association with an American Indian language. It's apparently a very ancient language that is believed to have been wide-spread at one time.