Ladin
(ləˈdiːn)
[L. Latīn-us, -um.]
The Rhæto-Romanic dialect spoken in the Engadine in Switzerland, closely related to Romansh.
| 1877 A. H. Keane tr. Hovelacque's Sci. of Lang. v. 238 Known also as the language of the Grisons, the Rheto-Romance, the Rumonsh, and Rumansh. But it seems best to call it simply Ladin, with Ascoli, who has recently devoted an important work to its elucidation. 1879 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 213/2 The language [in the Engadine] is a dialect known as ‘Ladin’. 1880 Ibid. XI. 205/1 The remainder [of the inhabitants of the Grisons] use the Romansch or the Ladin dialect. 1969 Daily Tel. 29 Jan. 16/5 The first book to be translated into English from Ladin, one of the Romansh group of languages which is spoken in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, will be published..tomorrow. |