Sursilvan

E135340

Sursilvan is a major variety of the Romansh language spoken primarily in the Surselva region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sursilvan canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rhaeto-Romance lect
Romansh variety
language variety
ancestor Latin
Vulgar Latin
closelyRelatedTo Puter
Surmiran
Sutsilvan
Vallader
country Switzerland
hasDialect Cadi dialect
Foppa dialect
Gruob dialect
Lumnezia dialect
hasEndonym sursilvan
hasExonym Sursilvan
hasMorphologicalFeature definite and indefinite articles
two grammatical genders
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between long and short vowels
palatalization of certain consonants
hasStandardForm regional written standard of Sursilvan
hasSyntacticFeature SVO basic word order
ISO639-3Code sursilv (often grouped under roh for Romansh)
languageFamily Rhaeto-Romance
Romance
lexicalInfluenceFrom French
German
Italian
linked to: Italian language
partOf Indo-European languages
Rhaeto-Romance languages
Romance languages
recognizedAs variety of Romansh in Swiss language policy
region Graubünden
Surselva
spokenIn Cadi
Foppa
Gruob
Lumnezia
Surselva region
Switzerland
Vorderrhein valley
linked to: Vorderrhein Valley

canton of Graubünden
subdivisionOf Romansh language
usedFor education in Surselva
local administration in Surselva
religious services in Surselva
usedIn local literature of Surselva
regional media in Surselva
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Romansh language hasDialect Sursilvan
Puter differsFrom Sursilvan
Surmiran closelyRelatedTo Sursilvan
Sursilvan hasExonym Sursilvan
Sutsilvan closelyRelatedTo Sursilvan