Surmiran (Surmiran,
Vallader
Vallader (Vallader, Sursilvan, Puter, Surmiran, and Rumantsch Grischun: ''vallader'' ; Sutsilvan: ') is a variety of the Romansh language spoken in the Lower Engadine valley (''Engiadina Bassa'') of southeast Switzerland, between Martina, Swi ...
,
Sutsilvan
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 Ferr ...
,
Rumantsch Grischun: ''surmiran'';
Puter: ''surmiraun'') is a dialect of the
Romansh language
Romansh ( ; sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch) is a Gallo-Romance languages, Gallo-Romance and/or Rhaeto-Romance languages, Rhaeto-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the ...
. It is spoken in
Surmeir and in the
Albula Valley in the
Grisons Canton, in
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
.
Some authors have cultivated literature in Surmiran, notably the Capuchin monk
Alexander Lozza.
The "Hail Mary" and the "Our father" in Surmiran
:Salidada seias te, Maria,
:plagna da gratzga,
:igl Signer è cun tè,
:te ist la banadeida tranter las dunans,
:e banadia è igl fretg digl ties best, Jesus.
:Sontga Maria, mama da dia,
:roia per nous putgants
:ossa e sen l'oura da la nossa mort.
:Amen.
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Romansh dialects
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