Al dipent di nô

Al dipent di nô is an information and awareness-raising campaign devised by ARLeF and launched in September 2019. It aims to encourage the inhabitants of Friuli, especially the young people, to nourish and promote the Friulian language deliberately speaking it in their everyday lives.

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The slogan of the campaign underlines the concept that every individual has a part to play in bringing the language to life and guaranteeing a future to this age-old cultural heritage. ARLeF invites everyone to respond to this challenge, so as to give new life to the Friulian language, ensuring it continues to evolve day by day. The message is conveyed by means of a multi-channel campaign covering TV, radio, print media, web and social media. This is supplemented by advertising placed on urban and suburban buses in Udine and its province, and posters in the railway stations of Udine, Gorizia and Pordenone, as well as a few shopping centres. This integrated communication is addressed to a broad audience, both in terms of age and place of residence, covering the whole Friulian-speaking area in the territories of the former provinces of Udine, Pordenone and Gorizia. In addition, the campaign is designed to draw attention to ARLeF and its services, provide information on the language and its protection, and spread the use of many different information technology tools created in order to promote the use of the Friulian language in the new media.

VIDEO ADVERT

Some of the characters appearing in the video advert return here, individually or in groups, to launch the message “it’s up to me”, “it’s up to you”, “it’s up to us”, reminding the general public that each of us has a part to play in keeping the Friulian language alive every day.

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Situations, people and places interweave and follow one another: the advert invites the viewer to reflect on the personal and collective responsibility to keep the language alive – a responsibility that is also the common theme uniting the short stories acted out; each of them shows the characters at the very moment when they become fully aware that the achievement of their goal lies in their own hands.

ADV

This campaign takes the form of several adverts in the main daily, weekly and monthly print media in the Friulian-speaking zones and cross-device banners on online information portals.

MOTION GRAPHIC

Designed to publicise the services ARLeF offers and provide information on the language and its protection.

What ARLeF is and what it does

Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane is a public body that implements activities related to the protection and promotion of the Friulian language

ARLeF – Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane (Regional Agency for the Friulian Language) is a public body that implements the policies of the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and coordinates the activities related to the protection and promotion of the Friulian language in accordance with regional laws and regulations. The agency implements several measures promoting the presence and use of the Friulian language in the main areas of social life, including the family, schools, the mass media, new technologies, public administration, healthcare services, scientific research, the entertainment business, arts, culture and workplaces. In particular, its actions are aimed at raising the status of Friulian and expanding the lexicon available in the written language. Moreover, the agency enjoys close ties with the other linguistic minorities in Italy and the rest of Europe, especially in the framework of the NPLD – Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity. Watch the video to find out about all ARLeF’s activities. For further information visit the site’s different sections. Did you like the video? Share it with the #dipendedate (itsuptoyou) hashtag.

Friulian language

Where and how many people speak it and an outline of the protection measures

Owing to its geographical location, Friuli is a multilingual region by definition. The range of languages spoken by the inhabitants of Friuli is quite extensive. In addition to Friulian (in its various forms), it includes varieties of Germanic and Slavic languages and of course Italian. Friulian is spoken in the northeastern corner of the Italian peninsula. Overall, 173 minucipalities in the former provinces of Gorizia, Pordenone and Udine requested to be part of the official map illustrating the areas in which the language is spoken. There are also 7 Friulian-speaking municipalities in the province of Venice: Cinto Caomaggiore, Concordia Sagittaria, Fossalta di Portogruaro, Gruaro, Portogruaro, San Michele al Tagliamento, Teglio Veneto. In 2023, a sociolinguistic survey called “Tire fûr la lenghe” was conducted, supported by the FVG Region with the contribution of ARLeF and carried out by IRES FVG and FEF (Forskningscentrum för Europeisk Flerspråkighet) as part of the General Language Policy Plan for the Friulian language 2021-2025. The results show that the Friulian language is now actively spoken by 444,000 people, corresponding to over half of the population resident in the declared Friulian-speaking municipalities of the autonomous Friuli-V.G. region and the Veneto region. It is estimated that a further 1 million people speak Friulian around the world. The past few years have seen the introduction of legislation and administrative measures designed to safeguard the linguistic and cultural heritage of Friuli. Watch the video to learn more details about the spread of the Friulian language and the laws that protect it. For further information click here: <a href="/en/language-and-culture/friuli-history-and-culture/">Friuli: History and Culture</a> <a href="/en/language-and-culture/sociolinguistic-condition/">Sociolinguistic condition</a> <a href="/en/language-and-culture/legal-protection/">Legal protection</a> Did you like this video? Share it with the #dipendedate (itsuptoyou) hashtag.

What ARLeF is and what it does

Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane is a public body that implements activities related to the protection and promotion of the Friulian language

ARLeF – Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane (Regional Agency for the Friulian Language) is a public body that implements the policies of the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and coordinates the activities related to the protection and promotion of the Friulian language in accordance with regional laws and regulations.

The agency implements several measures promoting the presence and use of the Friulian language in the main areas of social life, including the family, schools, the mass media, new technologies, public administration, healthcare services, scientific research, the entertainment business, arts, culture and workplaces. In particular, its actions are aimed at raising the status of Friulian and expanding the lexicon available in the written language.

Moreover, the agency enjoys close ties with the other linguistic minorities in Italy and the rest of Europe, especially in the framework of the NPLD – Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity.

Watch the video to find out about all ARLeF’s activities.

For further information visit the site’s different sections.

Did you like the video? Share it with the #dipendedate (itsuptoyou) hashtag.
Friulian language

Where and how many people speak it and an outline of the protection measures

Owing to its geographical location, Friuli is a multilingual region by definition. The range of languages spoken by the inhabitants of Friuli is quite extensive. In addition to Friulian (in its various forms), it includes varieties of Germanic and Slavic languages and of course Italian.

Friulian is spoken in the northeastern corner of the Italian peninsula. Overall, 173 minucipalities in the former provinces of Gorizia, Pordenone and Udine requested to be part of the official map illustrating the areas in which the language is spoken. There are also 7 Friulian-speaking municipalities in the province of Venice: Cinto Caomaggiore, Concordia Sagittaria, Fossalta di Portogruaro, Gruaro, Portogruaro, San Michele al Tagliamento, Teglio Veneto.

In 2023, a sociolinguistic survey called “Tire fûr la lenghe” was conducted, supported by the FVG Region with the contribution of ARLeF and carried out by IRES FVG and FEF (Forskningscentrum för Europeisk Flerspråkighet) as part of the General Language Policy Plan for the Friulian language 2021-2025.

The results show that the Friulian language is now actively spoken by 444,000 people, corresponding to over half of the population resident in the declared Friulian-speaking municipalities of the autonomous Friuli-V.G. region and the Veneto region. It is estimated that a further 1 million people speak Friulian around the world.

The past few years have seen the introduction of legislation and administrative measures designed to safeguard the linguistic and cultural heritage of Friuli. Watch the video to learn more details about the spread of the Friulian language and the laws that protect it.

For further information click here:

Friuli: History and Culture

Sociolinguistic condition

Legal protection

Did you like this video? Share it with the #dipendedate (itsuptoyou) hashtag.

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Al dipent di nô

What ARLeF is and what it does

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