Nones is a language named after and spoken in the Non Valley in Trentino, northern Italy

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. It is estimated that around 30,000 persons speak it.

Some linguists argue that it is a dialect of the Ladin language, since it shares many similarities. Although there is disagreement over this issue called the "Ladin Question", it can certainly be counted as a member of the Gallo-Romance languages

Gallo-Romance languages

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Further reading

• Batisti, Carlo. (1909). Die Nonsberger Mundart in: Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 160-III.
• Di Biasi, Ilaria. (2006). Grammatica Noneso-Ladina. Trento: Autonomous Region of Trentino-South Tyrol.
• Fellin, Luciana. (2003). Language ideologies, language socialization, and language revival in an Italian alpine community. Texas Linguistics Forum, Volume 45.
• Politzer, Robert L., (1967). Beitrag zur Phonologie der Nonsberger Mundart. Innsbruck: Leopold-Franzens-Universitaet.
• Quaresima, Enrico. (1964). Vocabolario anaunico e solandro, raffrontato col trentino. Venice: Istituto per la Collabarzione Cultrale.
• Sandri, Ivana. (2003). Tratti Ladini nella Parlata della Val di Non. 2003. Trento: La Grafica.