LADIN

'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.
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 Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen

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★ Urtijëi

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★ Santa Crestina Gherdëina

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★ Sëlva

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★ Badia

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★ Corvara

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★ La Val

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★ San Martin de Tor

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★ Mareo

★ the following municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Trento (Val di Fassa):

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★ Canazei (Ladin ''Cianacei''),

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★ Campitello di Fassa (Ladin ''Ciampedèl'')

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★ Mazzin (Ladin ''Mazin'')

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★ Pozza di Fassa (Ladin ''Poza'').

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★ Vigo di Fassa (Ladin ''Vich''), and

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★ Soraga (Ladin ''Soraga -or- Sorega'')

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★ 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

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★ Livinallongo valley (Ladin ''Fèdom'', German ''Buchenstein'') and at

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★ 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).

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External links

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.