Ladin is a Rhaeto-Romance language, which nowadays is still spoken in the Val Badia and Val Gardena valleys
Image gallery: Ladin language and culture
Ladin, which once upon a time was one of the most widespread languages throughout the Alpine area, is today spoken by a language minority of about 30,000 people. Outside the region, it is still diffused in the Val di Fassa valley (Trentino), Livinallongo and Ampezzo (Belluno), in the Region of Friuli as well as in the Swiss Canton of Grisons - characterised in each area by a local colour.