Sursilvan
Adjective
Meaning
Sursilvan (not comparable)
Of or relating to a group of dialects of the Romansh language spoken in the Surselva, on the western bank of the Rhine.
Examples
A second edition, published in 1615, is closer to Sursilvan, however, and writings in Sutsilvan do not appear again until the 20th century.
Liver 2009, pp. 137 Romansh linguist Ricarda Liver also notes that an influence of Swiss German on intonation is obvious, in particular in the Sursilvan dialect, even though this has so far not been linguistically studied.
Most of these are confined to Ladin, with some exceptions such as Sursilvan magari, duront, and malgrad.
Even in villages where Romansh dominates, newcomers rarely learn Romansh however, as Sursilvan speakers quickly accommodate by switching to German, so that there is often little opportunity to practice Romansh even when people are willing to learn it.
In Sursilvan, masculine nouns are sometimes irregular, with the stem vowel alternating: *il mir 'the wall' – ils mirs 'the walls'.
Liver 2009 p. 137 Especially noticeable and often criticized by language purists are particles such as aber, schon, halt, grad, eba, or zuar, which have become an integral part of everyday Romansh speech, especially in Sursilvan.