 The people of Resia usually do not consider themselves as Slovenes, although they maintain close cultural, economic and family connections with the people of the historical region known as Venetian Slovenia, where Slovene linguistic and cultural identity is much more rooted.The Resians call their language "rozajanski", while they frequently refer to the Slovene language as "tabuški", meaning 'the one from Bovec', which is the first large Slovene settlement on the other side of the Kanin mountain range.Since 2007, the Resia has been included in those municipalities where the Law on the Protection of the Slovene Linguistic Community is to be applied.