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ALSO KNOWN AS		Ladino, Dolomite, Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Western Romance
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lld
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Livinallese Nones Marebbano Badiotto Gardenese Cadorino Ampezzano Fassano Atesino
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~20,000
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Some children learn the language, but many stop using it at school age.

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

The provincial government supports Ladin language. There are publications written in Ladin, and it is taught through high school.

PLACES: Italy

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Spoken in several towns and villages in the Dolomites, including Badia and Marebbe in the Badia valley and Gardena in the Gardena valley in Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Fassa in the Fassa valley in Trento Province, and Livinallongo in the Cordevole valley in Belluno Province.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
38,000

DATE OF INFO: 2013

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Positive
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: Taught in primary schools
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Some children learn it but stop using it at school age."
Scripts (Writing system): Latin
More on Orthography: "Written since 1800 in Italy."

PLACES: USA; Italy;

	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		30,000		10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						46.5531,11.8597
		2016	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		38,000	31,000	2013	10000-99999	Italian, German	Positive	"Some children learn it but stop using it at school age."	Taught in primary schools	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					USA; Italy;
		2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley		London & New York: Routledge			Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		~20,000		10000-99999				The provincial government supports Ladin language. There are publications written in Ladin, and it is taught through high school.	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Some children learn the language, but many stop using it at school age.	12	Spoken in several towns and villages in the Dolomites, including Badia and Marebbe in the Badia valley and Gardena in the Gardena valley in Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Fassa in the Fassa valley in Trento Province, and Livinallongo in the Cordevole valley in Belluno Province.	Italy
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																46.5833333333,11.9166666667
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			30,000		10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Ladin

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Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~20,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

31,000

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Ladin

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~20,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

31,000

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