Ladin language
| Ladin | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ladin | ||
| Spoken in | ||
| Region | Province of Belluno, Province of Bolzano-Bozen and Province of Trento | |
| Total speakers | 30,000 | |
| Language family | Indo-European | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language in | 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 | |
| Linguasphere | ||
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Ladin (Ladino in Italian, Ladin in Ladin, Ladinisch in German) is a Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the border regions of the provinces Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Veneto. It is closely related to the Swiss Romansh, Surselvan and Friulian.
Ladin should not be confused with Ladino (also called Judaeo-Spanish), which is a Romance dialect of Spanish, with Hebrew, Turkish and Greek influences.
It is spoken in:
- the following municipalities of the Province of Bolzano-Bozen:
- Urtijëi
- Santa Crestina Gherdëina
- Sëlva
- Badia
- Corvara
- La Val
- San Martin de Tor
- Mareo
- 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)
- 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 [kazɛt]) 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 /ɛ/), whereas in Brach it is "aga".
- the province of Belluno in:
- Livinallongo valley (Ladin Fodóm, 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).
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
- Grzega, Joachim, (German) Ku-eichstaett.de, Materialien zu einem etymologischen Wörterbuch des Dolomitenladinischen (MEWD), Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) 2005.
- Dictionary of Fassano
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