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<p>The Ladins are an ethnolinguistic group of northern <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a>. They are distributed in several valleys, collectively known as <a href="/facts/Ladinia/3JmNGGIe">Ladinia</a>. These valleys include the valleys of <a href="/facts/Val_Badia/UrRvMs5K">Badia</a> and <a href="/facts/Val_Gardena/Xzbvkd6H">Gherdëina</a> in <a href="/facts/South_Tyrol/KRMwFeWs">South Tyrol</a>, of <a href="/facts/Fassa_Valley/afAk3vIG">Fassa</a> in <a href="/facts/Trentino/hjF8gkYG">Trentino</a>, and of <a href="/facts/Livinallongo_del_Col_di_Lana/8NMRxh5f">Livinallongo</a> (also known as Buchenstein or Fodom) and <a href="/facts/Cortina_d%25E2%2580%2599Ampezzo/lha3jB2o">Ampezzo</a> in <a href="/facts/Province_of_Belluno/MMcVas1C">Belluno</a>. Their native language is <a href="/facts/Ladin_language/uXJQIv3Q">Ladin</a>, a <a href="/facts/Rhaeto-Romance_languages/4b6uJ30l">Rhaeto-Romance</a> language related to the <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Swiss</a> <a href="/facts/Romansh_language/KrxKLUlk">Romansh</a> and <a href="/facts/Friulian_language/2nFd3v8K">Friulian</a> languages. Ladinia is located in the historical region of <a href="/facts/Tyrol/qeGduUeK">Tyrol</a>, and Ladins share that region's culture, history, traditions, environment and architecture. </p><p>Ladins developed a formal national identity in the 19th century. <a href="/facts/Micur%25C3%25A0_de_R%25C3%25BC/jo58KYhh">Micurà de Rü</a> undertook the first attempt to develop a written form of the Ladin language. Ladin culture is promoted by the government-sponsored cultural institute <a href="/facts/Istitut_Ladin_Micur%25C3%25A0_de_R%25C3%25BC/0YuA8HGF">Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü</a> in the South Tyrolean municipality of <a href="/facts/San_Martin_de_Tor/UqNb1Qrh">San Martin de Tor</a>. There is also a Ladin museum in the same municipality. The Ladins of Trentino and Belluno have their own cultural institutes: Majon de Fascegn in <a href="/facts/Vigo_di_Fassa/MT1c4CrK">Vigo di Fassa</a>, Cesa de Jan in <a href="/facts/Colle_Santa_Lucia/mKcjPeeQ">Colle Santa Lucia</a> and <a href="/facts/Istituto_Ladin_de_la_Dolomites/YIvUtB8F">Istituto Ladin de la Dolomites</a> in <a href="/facts/Borca_di_Cadore/UWL7Epo3">Borca di Cadore</a>. </p><p>The Ladin people constitute 4.53% of the population of South Tyrol. </p>