Editing Ladin language (section)

{{Short description|Rhaeto-Romance language of northeast Italy}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[Judaeo-Spanish|Ladino]] or [[Latin]]}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Ladin
| image = Ladin2 K.jpg
| nativename = ''lingaz ladin'', ''ladin''
| states = [[Italy]] 
| region = [[Ladinia]] ([[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]]<br />[[Veneto]])
| speakers = {{sigfig|41,129|3}}
| date = 2006<ref name=veneto2006/>–2011<ref name=altoadige2011/><ref name=trentino2011/>
| ethnicity = [[Ladin people]]
| familycolor = Indo-European
|fam2=[[Italic languages|Italic]]
|fam3=[[Latino-Faliscan languages|Latino-Faliscan]]
|fam4=[[Latin]]ic
|fam5=[[Romance languages|Romance]]
|fam6=[[Italo-Western languages|Italo-Western]]
|fam7=[[Western Romance languages|Western Romance]]
|fam8=Gallo-Iberian
|fam9=[[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]]
|fam10=[[Rhaeto-Romance languages|Rhaeto-Romance]] or Gallo-Rhaetian<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ladi1250 |title=Ladin |date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=[[Glottolog]] |last1=Hammarström |first1=Harald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007144616/https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ladi1250 |archive-date=2022-10-07 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]] |last2=Forkel |first2=Robert |last3=Haspelmath |first3=Martin |last4=Bank |first4=Sebastian}}</ref>
| dia1 = [[Cadorino dialect|Cadorino]]
| dia2 = [[Nones dialect|Nones]]
| dia3 = [[Fornes dialects|Fornes]]
| dia4 = etc.
| script           = [[Latin script]]
| stand1 = [[Ladin Dolomitan]]
| agency = [http://www.spell-termles.ladinia.net/en.html The office for Ladin language planning]<br />[http://www.istladin.net/eng/indexeng.html Ladin Cultural Centre Majon di Fascegn]<br />[[Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü]]<br />[[Istituto Ladin de la Dolomites]]
| iso3 = lld
| glotto = ladi1250
| glottorefname = Ladin
| lingua = 51-AAA-l
| notice = IPA
}}

{{Infobox country languages
| country = <br />South Tyrol.<br />Majorities per municipality in 2011:
| image = Language distribution in South Tyrol, 2011.svg
| image size = 280px
}}
{{Infobox country languages
| country = <br />Trentino.<br />Percentage per municipality in 2011:
| image = Language distribution Trentino 2011.png
| image size = 280px
}}
{{Infobox country languages
| country = <br />the Province of Belluno.<br />Recognized Ladin area
| image = Lingua ladina in provincia di Belluno.svg
| image size = 280px
}}

'''Ladin''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|ˈ|d|iː|n}} {{respell|lə|DEEN}},<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Ladin|access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Ladin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182148/https://www.lexico.com/definition/ladin |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Ladin |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|UKalso|l|æ|ˈ|d|iː|n}} {{respell|la|DEEN}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ladin|title=Ladin|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> autonym: {{lang|lld|ladin}}; {{langx|it|ladino}}; {{langx|de|Ladinisch}}) is a [[Romance languages|Romance language]] of the [[Rhaeto-Romance languages|Rhaeto-Romance]] subgroup, mainly spoken in the [[Dolomites|Dolomite Mountains]] in [[Northern Italy]] in the provinces of [[South Tyrol]], [[Trentino]], and [[Province of Belluno|Belluno]], by the [[Ladin people]].<ref name = Sakalis>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ladinia-italys-most-mysterious-region-has-warrior-princesses-and-a-marmot-obsession?ref=wrap|title=Italy’s Most Mysterious Region Has Warrior Princesses and a Marmot Obsession|last=Sakalis|first=Alex|date=22 November 2021|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=10 October 2023}}</ref> It exhibits similarities to [[Romansh language|Romansh]], which is spoken in Switzerland, as well as to [[Friulian language|Friulian]], which is spoken in northeast Italy.

The precise extent of the Ladin language area is a subject of scholarly debate. A narrower perspective includes only the dialects of the valleys around the [[Sella group]], while wider definitions comprise the dialects of adjacent valleys in the Province of Belluno and even dialects spoken in the northwestern Trentino.<ref>Giovan Battista Pellegrini: ''Ladinisch: Interne Sprachgeschichte II. Lexik.'' In: ''[[Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik]]'', III. Tübingen, Niemeyer 1989, {{ISBN|3-484-50250-9}}, p. 667: {{lang|it|È necessaria innanzi tutto una precisazione geografica circa l'estensione del gruppo linguistico denominato «ladino centrale», dato che le interpretazioni possono essere varie.}}</ref><ref>Johannes Kramer: ''Ladinisch: Grammatikographie und Lexikographie.'' In: ''[[Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik]]'', III. Tübingen, Niemeyer 1989, {{ISBN|3-484-50250-9}}, p. 757: {{lang|de|Im folgenden sollen die Grammatiken und Wörterbücher im Zentrum stehen, die das Dolomitenladinische im engeren Sinne ([...] Gadertalisch [...], Grödnerisch, Buchensteinisch, Fassanisch [...]) behandeln, während Arbeiten zum Cadorinischen [...] und zum Nonsbergischen [...] summarisch behandelt werden.}}</ref>

A [[standard language|standard variety]] of Ladin ({{lang|lld|[[Ladin Dolomitan]]}}) has been developed by the Office for Ladin Language Planning as a common communication tool across the whole Ladin-speaking region.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spell-termles.ladinia.net/en.html |title=The office for Ladin language planning |access-date=10 August 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808180743/http://www.spell-termles.ladinia.net/en.html |archive-date=8 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>