Sutsilvan dialects (Romansh)

Sutsilvan
sutsilvan
PronunciationRomansh pronunciation: [sutsilˈvaːn]
Native toDomleschg, Heinzenberg, Schams, and Val Ferrera in Switzerland
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologsuts1235
IETFrm-sutsilv[2]

Sutsilvan (Rumantsch Grischun: sutsilvan; Vallader: suotsilvan; Putèr: suotsilvaun; derived from sut "below" and selva "forest") is a dialect of the Romansh language spoken in Domleschg, Heinzenberg, Schams, and Val Ferrera, Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.

Since 1601 it has a written form: a cathecismus for school use.[3] There is an individual dictionary for this dialect.[4]

  1. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Romansh". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  2. ^ IANA language subtag registry, Wikidata Q57271947, retrieved 15 October 2018
  3. ^ Blanke, Huldrych (4 August 2003). "Ein Förderer der Muttersprache". NZZ Online (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ "PLEDARI GROND". www.pledarigrond.ch. Retrieved 2020-12-11.