Ladin language

Rhaeto-Romance language of northeast Italy

Ladinia is an Alpine region in the Dolomites mountain range of Northern Italy, divided between the Italian provinces of Belluno, South Tyrol, and Trentino. The area takes its name from its inhabitants, the Ladin people, a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Their Ladin language is generally considered a Rhaeto-Romance language, though there is a scientific debate if it forms part of a wider northern Italian dialect continuum.

Austrian presbyter and author (1789–1847)

Italian cultural institute

scientific debate about Romance languages in the Alps

constructed written standard language of the Dolomite Ladins,

national epic of the Ladin people in the Dolomites and the most important part of the Ladin literature