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, Surselvan, and Friulian.

Ladin should not be confused with Ladino (also called Judaeo-Spanish), which is a Romance language derived mainly from Spanish, Hebrew, Turkish, and Greek.

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 Ciampedčl)
  • 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 ) is spoken in the northern half of the valley, whereas "Brach" (pronounced ) is spoken in the southern half. For example, in Cazét water is "ega" ("e" pronounced as ), whereas in Brach it is "aga".

• the province of Belluno in:
  • Livinallongo valley (Ladin Fčdom, 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).

Flag of the Ladin people

See also

• Ladin alphabet

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
• Grzega, Joachim, ''Materialien zu einem etymologischen Wörterbuch des Dolomitenladinischen (MEWD)'', Eichstätt 2005.

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