Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The region in which Basque is spoken today has contracted over centuries and is thus smaller than what is known as the Basque Country , or Euskal Herria in Basque .
Simplified: The region where Basque is spoken is smaller than what is known as the Basque Country , or Euskal Herria in Basque .