Varieties
The area where Rhaeto-Romance languages (also called Ladin languages, not to be confused with Judaeo-Spanish) were spoken during the Middle Ages stretched from Switzerland to the Julian Alps (in modern-day western Slovenia).
Today some of the spoken varieties are:
- Friulian: Friuli region, Italy
- Ladin: Dolomite mountains in Italy (in Trentino, South Tyrol and the province of Belluno)
- Romansh: Switzerland. Romansh has status in Switzerland as a national language with three other national languages; however, its usage is rather limited to the canton of Graubünden (Romansh: Grischun). It is composed of the following dialects:
- Puter
- Surmiran
- Sursilvan
- Sutsilvan
- Vallader
- Rumantsch Grischun, the standardized literary language, constructed by the Swiss linguist Heinrich Schmid in 1982
The inclusion of the following two dialects in the Rhaeto-Romance languages is still debated:
- Nones: centered around the Val di Non in Trentino
- Solandro: centered around the Val di Sole in Trentino
Read more about this topic: Rhaeto-Romance Languages
Famous quotes containing the word varieties:
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 12:4-6.