Luserna


Luserna is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about southeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 284 and an area of.
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 dialect of the Germanic language, to be their first language. Formerly, Cimbrian was also spoken in neighbouring Lavarone and in the so-called Seven Communities and Thirteen Communities. 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.
CimbrianGermanEnglish

Vatar ünsar

bo Do pist in Hümbl,

as da sai haile Doi Nàm.

Dain Raich kime.

Vater unser

der Du bist im Himmel,

geheiligt werde Dein Name.

Dein Reich komme.
Our Father

who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

Demographic evolution


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