Sutsilvan (
Rumantsch Grischun
Romansh ( ; sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch) is a Gallo-Romance and/or Rhaeto-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzer ...
: ''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
image:Schams Andeer.jpg, thumb , The Schams north of Andeer. In the top left, the ruins of Cagliatscha Castle
The Schams () is a section of the Hinterrhein (river), Hinterrhein valley in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Geograp ...
, and
Val Ferrera,
Canton of Graubünden
The Grisons (; ) or Graubünden (),Names include:
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See also other names. more formally the Canton of the Grisons or the Canton of Graubünden, is one of the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland. I ...
,
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.
BT or Bt may refer to:
Arts, media and entertainment
The arts
* BT (musician) (born Brian Transeau), American electronic musician
* ''BT'' (album), a 2000 album by Buck-Tick
* Burton Taylor Studio or ''The BT'', managed by Oxford Playhouse
F ...
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.
BT or Bt may refer to:
Arts, media and entertainment
The arts
* BT (musician) (born Brian Transeau), American electronic musician
* ''BT'' (album), a 2000 album by Buck-Tick
* Burton Taylor Studio or ''The BT'', managed by Oxford Playhouse
F ...
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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