Ladin
Spoken in:	Italy
Region:	Bozen-Bolzano, Trento, and Belluno
Total speakers:	30,000
Language family:	Indo-European  Italic   Romance    Italo-Western     Western      Gallo-Iberian       Gallo-Romance        Gallo-Rhaetian         Rhaetian          Ladin
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
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	roa
ISO/DIS 639-3:	lld
Distribution of Ladin in northeastern Italy.
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 Rhaetian language spoken in the Dolomite mountains in Italy, between the regions of Trentino-South Tyrol and Veneto. Bozen (German) or Bolzano (Italian) is a city in the South Tyrol region of Italy. ... Trento, in English sometimes called Trent, Italian Trento (TREN-to), German Trient (tree-ENT), Latin Tridentum, is an Italian city located in the Adige river valley in the Trentino-South Tyrol region. ... Belluno is the capital of the Belluno Province of Italy. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred languages and dialects (443 according to the SIL estimate), including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many in Southwest Asia, Central Asia and Southern Asia. ... The Italic subfamily is a member of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family. ... Romance languages in the world: Blue – French; Green – Spanish; Orange – Portuguese; Yellow – Italian; Red – Romanian The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Italo-Western is the largest sub-group of Romance languages. ... Gallo-Romance languages Gallo-Italian languages Lombard Piedmontese Emilian-Romagnol Venetian Ligurian Gallo-Rhaetian languages Oïl languages(including French) Burgundian Champenois Franc-Comtois French Gallo Lorrain Norman Anglo-Norman Channel Island Norman Auregnais Dgèrnésiais Jèrriais Sercquiais Picard Poitevin-Saintongeais Walloon Rhaetian languages Friulian Ladin Romansh *Franco... The Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages includes French, Oïl languages, Catalan, and Occitan, among other languages. ... This article or section should be merged with List of Rhaetian languages Rhaetian languages are a Romance language sub-family which includes a few languages spoken in Switzerland and North-Eastern Italy. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... Image File history File links La_lingua_ladina. ... Image File history File links La_lingua_ladina. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article or section should be merged with List of Rhaetian languages Rhaetian languages are a Romance language sub-family which includes a few languages spoken in Switzerland and North-Eastern Italy. ... 360° panoramic view from Marmolada, highest peak in the Dolomites. ... Trentino-South Tyrol (German and Ladin: Trentino-Südtirol, Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige) is an Autonomous Region in Northern Italy. ... Vèneto is one of the twenty Regions of Italy. ...

It presents connections with the Swiss Romansh and Friulian. Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is any of the various Rhaetian languages spoken in Switzerland. ... Friulian ( or affectionately marilenghe in Friulian, friulano in Italian) is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaetian family, spoken in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. ...

It is spoken in:

• the province of Bozen-Bolzano at (German-Italian-Ladin)
  • St. Ulrich-Ortisei-Urtijëi,
  • St. Christina-Santa Cristina-S. Crestina,
  • Wolkenstein-Selva di Val Gardena-Sëlva,
  • Abteital-Badia-Badia,
  • Kurfahr-Corvara-Curvara,
  • Enneberg-Marebbe-Maréo;
• the province of Trento in the Val di Fassa at the following seven municipalities:
  • Canazei (Ladin Cianacei),
  • Campitello (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". Bozen (German) or Bolzano (Italian) is a city in the South Tyrol region of Italy. ... St. ... Trento, in English sometimes called Trent, Italian Trento (TREN-to), German Trient (tree-ENT), Latin Tridentum, is an Italian city located in the Adige river valley in the Trentino-South Tyrol region. ...

• 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-South Tyrol, while it does not have official status in the province of Belluno (Veneto region). Belluno (It. ... Cortina dAmpezzo (population circa 8,000) is a town in the province of Veneto, northern Italy. ... Trentino-South Tyrol (German and Ladin: Trentino-Südtirol, Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige) is an Autonomous Region in Northern Italy. ... Vèneto is one of the twenty Regions of Italy. ...

External links

• Ladin Test Wikipedia
• 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