Sutsilvan (
Rumantsch Grischun: ''sutsilvan''; Vallader: ''suotsilvan''; Putèr: ''suotsilvaun''; derived from ''sut'' "below" and ''selva'' "forest") is a
dialect
A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...
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 ...
spoken in
Domleschg,
Heinzenberg,
Schams, and
Val Ferrera,
Canton of Graubünden,
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 ...
.
Since 1601 it has a written form: a cathecismus for school use. There is an individual
dictionary
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical an ...
for this dialect.
Bibliography
* Corrado Conforti, Linda Cusimano, Bartolome Tscharner: ''An lingia directa 1 – Egn curs da rumàntsch sutsilvan.'' Lia Rumantscha, Chur 1997–
998 (Lehrmittel mit Audio-CD).
* Wolfgang Eichenhofer (Red.): ''Pledari: sutsilvan – tudestg = Wörterbuch: Deutsch – Sutsilvan.'' Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Graubünden, Chur 2002, .
* Anne-Louise Joël: ''Giuseppe Gangale und der Konflikt um die Acziún Sutselva Rumantscha, 1943–1949.'' In: ''Annalas da la Societad Retorumantscha'' 119, 2006, S. 97–130.
* Mathias Kundert: ''Der Sprachwechsel im Domleschg und am Heinzenberg (19. und 20. Jahrhundert)'' (= ''Quellen und Forschungen zur Bündner Geschichte.'' Band 18). Kommissionsverlag Desertina, Chur 2007, ISBN 978-3-85637-340-5.
* Clau Solèr, Theodor Ebneter: ''Heinzenberg/Mantogna Romanisch'' (= ''Schweizer Dialekte in Text und Ton.''
bt.4; ''Romanisch und Deutsch am Hinterrhein/GR.'' Heft 1). Verl. des Phonogrammarchivs der Universität Zürich, Zürich 1983, (mit Tonbandkassette).
* Clau Solèr, Theodor Ebneter: ''Romanisch im Domleschg'' (= ''Schweizer Dialekte in Text und Ton.''
bt.4; ''Romanisch und Deutsch am Hinterrhein/GR.'' Band 3). Phonogrammarchiv der Universität Zürich, Zürich 1988, ISBN 3-907538-02-1 (mit Tonbandkassette).
References
Romansh dialects
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