Why Is Ladin An Endangered Language

Endangered Language Ladin Danter nos baiunse ladin, deache chësc é nosc lingaz dla uma. Mo val’ iade ti dunse inće a nüsc ghesć le bëgnodü por ladin." This sentence, written in the Ladin language, literally means “We speak Ladin among ourselves because Ladin is our mother tongue.” 1dolomites. I have been lucky enough to visit Northern Italy several times in the last few years. I speak some Italian, and while visiting Lake Garda, I heard people speaking a different language then standard Italian. That language is Ladin. Ladin, pronounced lah-DEEN, is an endangered language, of which there is hope of saving via state-sponsored language revitalization. Ladin encompasses less than 31000 speakers, in Dolomite region of Italy and, remains most frequently found …show more content…
Legal recognition means that attempts are now being made to keep this language alive. The language revitalization movement in effect targets children and helps to address the problem of language loss at school age. There are school publications produced in Ladin, and schools in the region now attempt to teach Ladin through High School. Article four of the 1999 law specifies that “At basic schools and first grade, secondary schools, the minority language shall also be used for educational purposes. (usefoundation). Article four of this law specifies that “At basic schools and first grade, secondary schools, the minority language shall also be used for educational purposes. (usefoundation) Collaborative, community-based programs can succeed in raising the prestige associated with endangered language, thereby improving the chances that people will want to keep speaking their language. Hopefully this Collaborative, community-based program will succeed in raising the prestige associated with the endangered language, resulting in improving the chances that people will want to keep speaking their