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Luserna ( Cimbrian: ''Lusérn'', german: Lusern) is a ''
Lusérn is the centre of Cimbrian language and culture. In the 2001 census, around 90% of the people of Lusérn stated Cimbrian, an
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'' (municipality) in Trentino
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in the northern Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
it, Trentino (man) it, Trentina (woman) or it, Altoatesino (man) it, Altoatesina (woman) or it, Sudtirolesegerman: Südtiroler (man)german: Südtirolerin (woman)
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, located about southeast of Trento
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. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 284 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat
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Lusérn borders the following municipalities: Caldonazzo, Lavarone, Levico Terme, Pedemonte, Rotzo and Valdastico.
Cimbrian culture and language
Lusérn is the centre of Cimbrian language and culture. In the 2001 census, around 90% of the people of Lusérn stated Cimbrian, an Upper German
Upper German (german: Oberdeutsch ) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area ().
History
In the Old High German time, only Alemannic and Bairisch are grouped as Upper German. In the Middle High ...
dialect of the Germanic language
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, E ...
, to be their first language. Formerly, Cimbrian was also spoken in neighbouring Lavarone and in the so-called Seven Communities and Thirteen Communities
The Thirteen Communities ( cim, Dreizehn Komoin, german: Dreizehn Gemeinden, it, Tredici Comuni) were a group of municipalities in the Veneto region that once primarily spoke the Cimbrian language, a dialect of Upper German, as their native tongu ...
. A cultural institute was decreed by provincial law and receives funds from the Italian state to help preserve the unique tradition, culture and language.
The Cimbrian spoken in Lusérn is a slightly different dialect from Cimbrian spoken elsewhere.
Demographic evolution
Notes and references
External links
* Cities and towns in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol {{TrentinoAltoAdige-geo-stub