Sutsilvan
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Sutsilvan is a dialect of the Romansh language, a Romance language spoken in Switzerland and northern Italy. Specifically, Sutsilvan is one of the two main dialectal forms of Romansh, spoken on the eastern bank of the Rhine River in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Romansh has been a national language of Switzerland since 1938 and was given semiofficial status in 1996. The earliest written material in Romansh is a Sursilvan text from the early 12th century.12
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- Rhaetian dialects
…are two dialects, Sursilvan and Sutsilvan, that constitute the main dialects of the Romansh language. Other Rhaetian dialects are Engadine, Ladin, and Friulian.
Read More…are two dialects, Sursilvan and Sutsilvan, that constitute the main dialects of the Romansh language. Other Rhaetian dialects are Engadine, Ladin, and Friulian.
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…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 the 16th…
Read More…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 the 16th…
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