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[[File:Identitätskarte xy.jpg|thumb|[[Italian electronic identity card|Electronic identity cards]] are issued in three languages (Italian, German, English) in South Tyrol.]]{{Historical populations|1921|254,735|1931|282,158|7=1951|8=333,900|9=1961|10=373,863|11=1971|12=414,041|13=1981|14=430,568|15=1991|16=440,508|17=2001|18=462,999|19=2011|20=504,643|21=2021|22=532,616|type=|footnote=Source: [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]}}German and Italian are both official languages of South Tyrol. In some eastern municipalities Ladin is the third official language.
 
A majority of the inhabitants of contemporary South Tyrol speak the native [[Austro-Southern Bavarian]] dialectsdialect of the German language. [[Standard German]] plays a dominant role in education and media. All citizens have the right to use their own mother tongue, even at court. Schools are separated for each language group. All traffic signs are officially bi- or trilingual. Most Italian place names were translated from German by Italian [[Ettore Tolomei]], the author of the {{lang|it|[[Prontuario dei nomi locali dell'Alto Adige]]}}.<ref>{{Citation
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