The origin and uniqueness of Basque genetics revealed

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11. The Basques even have their own "E Pluribus Unum"

There are seven Basque provinces between Spain and France. The Basque nation, "Euzkadi," has its own version of E Pluribus Unum. You can see it on banners in areas of the USA that have a heavy concentration of Basque immigrants, such as Elko, Nevada. It is simply "Zazpiak Bat." Zazpi is Basque for "seven," and the "-ak" is an ending indicating a plural. "Bat" is their word for the number "one." So their motto is " (Out of) the seven, one." I.e. out of the seven provinces, one (Basque) nation.

Adding "ak" to make a plural is sometimes used in cases where Castilian uses a plural, but English doesn't. If you ask "what time is it?" and it is 4:00, the answer would be "laurak," lau meaning "four." Thus a Basque speaker would say the equivalent of the Castilian "las cuatro." The Basque word "txakurra" (English: dog) becomes a plural by making it "txakurrak" (English: dogs, Republicanese: dog's).