Ladinia
Sign in to saveLadinia 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ladinia
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Ladinia.svg
- Settlement.flag_link
- Flag of Ladins
- Settlement.image_map
- Ladin.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Distribution of Ladin speakers
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Italy
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Regions
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Provinces
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- South Tyrol, Trentino, Belluno
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1191
- Settlement.population_total
- 36613
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- UTC +1
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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.
==History== thumb|left|Sella group, view from Calfosch (Corvara) As a Rhaeto-Romance language, Ladin was part of a large area, which about 1000 AD stretched from Ticino (Tessin) and Grisons in the Swiss Alps to the Julian Alps (in present-day Slovenia) in the east.