Sursilvan
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Sursilvan is a dialect of the Romansh language, a Romance language spoken in Switzerland and northern Italy. It is primarily spoken in the Rhine Valley within the Swiss canton of Graubünden (Grisons). Sursilvan is spoken on the western bank of the Rhine, while Sutsilvan is spoken on the eastern bank. The earliest known written material in Romansh is a Sursilvan text dating back to the early 12th century. Romansh has been a national language in Switzerland since 1938, used for cantonal purposes, and was granted semiofficial status in 1996.12
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…Romansh dialects, usually known as Sursilvan and Sutsilvan, are spoken on the western and eastern banks of the Rhine, respectively. Another important Swiss Rhaetian dialect, Engadine, is spoken in the Protestant Inn River valley, east of which there is a German-speaking area that has encroached on former Romance territory since…
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