Ladin

A language of Italy

ISO 639: lld
Alternate Names: Dolomite, Rhaeto-Romance
Population: 31,000 (2013). Ethnic population: 38,000.
Location:: Trentino-Alto Adige region: the autonomous province of Bolzano-South Tyrol, 2 valleys.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Rhaetian
Dialects: Atesino, Cadorino, Nones (Nones Blot, Nonese, Nonesh, Parlata Trentina), Gardenese (Grödnerisch, Grüdno), Fassano, Badiotto (Gadertalisch), Marebbano (Ennebergisch), Livinallese, Ampezzano.
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Some children learn it but stop using it at school age (Salminen 2007). Positive attitudes. Also use Italian [ita]. Also use Standard German [deu].
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. NT: 2005.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Ladin
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Written since 1800 in Italy. Dialects of Gardenese, Badiotto, and Fassano taught in school. Distinct from Ladino [lad], Judeo-Spanish.

Location: Trentino-Alto Adige region: the autonomous province of Bolzano-South Tyrol, 2 valleys.