Ladin
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| Ladin Ladin |
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| Spoken in: | Italy | |
| Region: | Belluno, South Tyrol, and Trentino | |
| Total speakers: | 30,000 | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Western Western Gallo-Iberian Gallo-Romance Gallo-Rhaetian Rhaetian Ladin |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language of: | none | |
| Regulated by: | The office for Ladin language planning Ladin Cultural Centre Majon di Fascegn Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | roa | |
| ISO 639-3: | lld | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Ladin (Ladino in Italian, Ladin in Ladin, Ladinisch in German) is a Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in the Dolomite mountains in Italy, between the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Veneto.
It is closely related to the Swiss Romansh, Venetian and Friulian.
It is spoken in:
- the following municipalities of the South Tyrol
- the following municipalities of the province of Trento (Val di Fassa):
- Canazei (Ladin Cianacei),
- Campitello di Fassa (Ladin Ciampedèl)
- Mazzin (Ladin Mazin)
- Pozza di Fassa (Ladin Poza).
- Vigo di Fassa (Ladin Vich), and
- Soraga (Ladin Soraga -or- Sorega)
- Moena (Ladin Moena)
The Ladin spoken in the Fassa Valley (Ladin Val de Fascia, Italian Val di Fassa) is also subdivided into two further branches, "Cazét" (pronounced "cazet") is spoken in the northern half of the valley, whereas "Brach" (pronounced "brak"), is spoken in the southern half. For example, in Cazét, water is "ega" ("e" pronounced as in English "Elephant"), whereas in Brach it is "aga".
- the province of Belluno in
- Livinallongo valley (Ladin Fèdom, German Buchenstein) and at
- Cortina d'Ampezzo (Ladin Anpëz)
It is officially recognized in Italy and has some official rights in the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, while it does not have official status in the province of Belluno (Veneto region).
[edit] External links
- The office for Ladin language planning
- News - Noeles.net the first internet-news-portal in ladin language (ladin dolomitan / ladin standard). The main contents are about ladin culture, politics, society, and other.
- Ethnologue report on Ladin
- Weekly Paper - La Usc Di Ladins (The Voice Of The Ladins - in Ladin - different sections written in all the different sub-dialects), paper of the General Union Of The Ladins Of The Dolomites. Weekly news from the Ladin valleys in the Dolomites.
- Ladinienatlas ALD-I
- Linguistic Atlas of Dolomitic Ladinian and neighbouring Dialects - Speaking Linguistic Atlas
- the Ladin language
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