Sutsilvan

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Sutsilvan is a traditional variety of the Romansh language historically spoken in parts of the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sutsilvan canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance lect
minority language variety
variety of Romansh
closelyRelatedTo Surmiran
Sursilvan
country Switzerland
endangeredStatus severely endangered
geographicDistribution scattered villages in the Hinterrhein and Viamala areas of Graubünden
hasAlternativeClassification sometimes treated as a dialect of Surmiran
hasDialect Avers dialect
Romansh language
surface form: Domleschg dialect

Heinzenberg dialect
Rheinwald dialect
Schams dialect
hasGlottonym Sutsilvan self-link
hasLexicalFeature lexical items shared with nearby German dialects
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct plural endings compared to other Romansh varieties
hasPhonologicalFeature retention of Latin /kt/ as /ht/ in some words
historicalDocumentsFrom early modern period
historicallySpokenIn northern Graubünden
historicalUse local administration
religious life
influencedBy German
neighboring Romansh varieties
isOneOf Sursilvan–Sutsilvan–Surmiran–Puter–Vallader continuum
five traditional Romansh regional varieties
languageCodeStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Romansh)
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European

Rhaeto-Romance languages
surface form: Rhaeto-Romance

Romance
minorityStatus regional minority variety in Switzerland
nameMeaning ‘below the forest’ or ‘southern forest side’ in Romansh toponymic tradition
partOf Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Rhaeto-Romance languages
Romance languages
preservationEfforts local cultural associations in Graubünden
region Alps
shiftedTo German
Romansh language
surface form: Standard Romansh (Rumantsch Grischun)
spokenIn Hinterrhein
surface form: Hinterrhein valley

Viamala region
canton of Graubünden
standardizationStatus lacks fully standardized modern orthography
subclassOf Romansh language
usedBy Romansh-speaking minority in Hinterrhein area
usedFor local oral communication
usedInEducation limited or declining use in local primary schools
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romansh language hasDialect Sutsilvan
Puter differsFrom Sutsilvan
Surmiran closelyRelatedTo Sutsilvan
Sursilvan closelyRelatedTo Sutsilvan
Sutsilvan hasGlottonym Sutsilvan self-link
Romansh people hasDialect Sutsilvan