Ladin
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A language like Italian or French spoken in the Swiss Alps
- noun
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ladino
- Even the tiniest children of the area are fluent in Ladin, as well as in Italian and German.
Examples
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The pretext-- that is, the excuse for going in-- in Afghanistan was about terrorism and Osama bin Ladin.
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In the Dolomite Mountains, many people continue to speak Ladin as their first language.
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The school offers classes in Ladin to help preserve this unique Rhaeto-Romance language.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Ladin comes from the old Latin name Latinus, which means 'Latin', the language of ancient Rome. So Ladin is a language that grew from Latin and is still spoken in mountain villages in the Alps.