All roads may lead to Rome, but most are guaranteed to pass through one of the Italo-Romance minority language groups on the way. From the Aosta Valley in the west to Venice in the east, northern Italy is full of diverse linguistic groups, some of which preserve Latinate forms that have disappeared in majority languages. Southern Italy is no exception and the outlying islands of Sicily, Sardinia and and the French province of Corsica each have their own language, some of which have multiple dialects. Although many Italians would call these languages "dialetti", de-emphasising their uniqueness as separate languages, the importance of identity, language and the Gospel leads us to a different conclusion.

The ITalo-Romance Languages

Short-Term Projects

Furlan Discovery Team

Furlan Discovery Team > Linguæ Christi

This team will explore the Friuli region in northeast Italy to meet Friulian speakers and perform initial research, media collection, prayer and missional conversations. Linguæ Christi wants to establish long-term work here in the future.

4 June – 4 July 2022

Ladin Discovery Team

Ladin Discovery Team > Linguæ Christi

This team will explore Ladinia (northeast Italy) to meet Ladin speakers and perform initial research, media collection, prayer and missional conversations. Linguæ Christi wants to establish long-term work here in the future.

4 June – 4 July 2022

Rumantsch Discovery Team

Rumantsch Discovery Team > Linguæ Christi

This team will explore the Grischun canton (southwest Switzerland) to meet Romansh speakers and perform initial research, media collection, prayer and missional conversations. Linguæ Christi wants to establish long-term work here in the future.

4 June – 4 July 2022

Many more projects can be found on our short-term projects page. For interest in projects lasting longer than 4-8 weeks please see our Explorer projects.