Zir may refer to Zir, or DOCK C, a type of DOCK protein DOCK protein Zir, a proposed English gender neutral pronoun Summary gender neutral pronoun Zir, the Romansh name for Zizers , a municipality in Switzerland Zir, an alternative name for Zirnitra , a black dragon in Wendish mythology ZIR, Zero state response Zero Input Response , a type of response in electrical circuit theory disambig ... more details
career followed. Shortly before retiring from his teaching career in 1983, the Lia Rumantscha Romansh League asked him to create a common written language for the five main varieties of the Romansh ... written language. This was followed by lively discussions and journeys to the whole Romansh ... reservations. As a result the Romansh language has been publicly recognised to a much greater extent in Switzerland and a new vitality entered the Romansh speaking area which also included Ladin . In 1988 ... Romansh language bar Heinrich Schmid de Heinrich Schmid es Heinrich Schmid eu Heinrich Schmid fr Heinrich ... more details
Image Safiental01.JPG thumb Safiental, view downvalley due north towards Thalkirch Image Safien01.JPG thumb Safiental, view to Glaspass and Piz Beverin The Safien valley Safiental is an Swiss Alps alpine valley of the Canton of Grisons , branching off the Vorderrhein valley. Part of the Surselva district, it comprises the four municipalities of Valendas , Versam , Tenna, Switzerland Tenna und Safien . Formerly inhabited by Romansh language Romansh speakers, it was settled by the Walser in the late 13th century. Population fell from 1,798 in 1850 to 994 in 1980 and has since stabilized just above 1,000. External links commons Safien http www.safiental.ch coord 46 41 48 N 9 19 28 E display title region CH GR type city source dewiki Category Valleys of Graub nden Category Valleys of the Alps Category Alpine Rhine basin Category Article Feedback 5 Graub nden geo stub switzerland stub de Safiental nn Safiental rm Val Stussavgia ... more details
Expand German Troccas date March 2009 File Troccas 13 der tod.jpg thumb upright The death Troccas is a member of the Tarot card games Tarot family of card games . It is played in the Romansh language Romansh speaking part of the canton Graub nden Grisons of Switzerland . It is not known exactly how this game entered Switzerland but it is generally thought to have arrived from Italy during the 17th century. Troccas decks are sometimes called JJ or Juno and Jupiter decks because they substitute Juno for High Priestess Tarot card The High Priestess and Jupiter for High Priest Tarot card The Hierophant . The Tower Tarot card The Tower is called Le Maison Dieu . The deck s captions are usually in French, but A version with English captions has been published. External links http www.troccas.ch Romansch language website on Troccas http www.pagat.com tarot troccas.html Rules of the game http www.youtube.com watch?v OM4vfoSD8gM&watch response Romansch YouTube Tarot, tarock and tarocchi games List of trick taking games Category Tarot card games tarot stub Card game stub de Troccas ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox mountain name Piz Minschuns photo photo caption elevation m 2934 elevation ref prominence map Alps location SUI , ITA range Ortler Alps lat d 46 lat m 34 lat s 52 lat NS N long d 10 long m 29 long s 00 long EW E region CH first ascent easiest route The Piz Minschuns Romansh language Romansh or Schafberg German language German is a mountain in the Fallaschkamm mountains, a subgroup of the Ortler Alps Ortler Alps , more precisely on the eastern edge of the Val Costainas , located on the border between Italy and Switzerland . External links http www.jo albis.ch index.php?menu id 7 List of mountains above 2000 m in Switzerland with coordinates Category Mountains of the Alps Minschuns Category Mountains of Switzerland Minschuns Category Mountains of Italy Minschuns Category Italy Switzerland border Category International mountains of Europe Switzerland geo stub nn Piz Minschuns ... more details
Infobox glacier name Vadrec del Forno photo Forno.PNG photo caption type location Graub nden , Switzerland coords coord 46 19 28 N 9 42 5 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 6 km thickness terminus status The Forno Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadrec del Forno is a 6 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bregaglia Range in the canton of Graub nden in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 8.72 km sup 2 sup . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers forno.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Graub nden geo stub de Fornogletscher eo Forno Gla ero fr Glacier de Forno nn Fornobreen pl Vadrec del Forno ... more details
Infobox glacier name Vadrec da l Albigna photo Albigna01.PNG photo caption Lake Albigna and glacier type location Graub nden , Switzerland coords coord 46 18 19 N 9 38 41 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 3.5 km thickness terminus status The Albigna Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadrec da l Albigna is a 3.5 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bregaglia Range in the canton of Graub nden in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 3.53 km sup 2 sup . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers albigna.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Graub nden geo stub de Albignagletscher eo Albigna Gla ero nn Albignabreen pl Vadrec da l Albigna ... more details
Infobox glacier name Vadret da Roseg photo Vadret da Roseg.jpg photo caption type location Graub nden , Switzerland coords coord 46 23 19 N 9 50 44 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 4 km thickness terminus status The Roseg Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadret da Roseg is a 4 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bernina Range in the canyon of Graub nden in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 8.52 km sup 2 sup . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers roseg.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Graub nden geo stub de Roseggletscher eo Roseg Gla ero fr Glacier Roseg nn Rosegbreen pl Vadret da Roseg ... more details
Infobox glacier name Vadret da Tschierva photo ValRoseg.jpg photo caption Vadret da Tschierva type location Graub nden , Switzerland coords coord 46 24 11 N 9 52 16 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 4 km thickness terminus status Retreating The Tschierva Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadret da Tschierva is a 4 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bernina Range in the canton of Graub nden Grisons in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 6.2 km sup 2 sup . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps Glaciers External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers tschierva.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Graub nden geo stub de Tschiervagletscher eo Tschierva Gla ero fr Glacier Tschierva nn Tschiervabreen pl Vadret da Tschierva pt Glaciar Tschierva ... more details
Infobox glacier name Vadret da P lu photo Pal gletscher.jpg photo caption type location Graub nden , Switzerland coords coord 46 22 0 N 9 58 30 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 3.5 km thickness terminus status The Pal Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadret da Pal is a 3.5 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bernina Range in the canton of Graub nden in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 6.47 km sup 2 sup . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers palue.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Category Article Feedback 5 Graub nden geo stub de Pal gletscher eo Pal Gla ero fr Glacier du Pal nn Pal breen pl Pal gletscher ... more details
File Vorab.jpg thumb 250px Vorab Glacier The Vorab Glacier lang de Vorabfirn , Romansh language Romansh Glatscher dil Vorab is a 2 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Glarus Alps in the cantons of Canton of Glarus Glarus and Graub nden . It lies on the east side of the Vorab , between 2,600 and 3,000 metres above sea level. In 1973 it had an area of 2.17 km . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers vorab.html Swiss glacier monitoring network coord 46 52 43 N 9 9 49 E type glacier region CH VS display title Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Glarus geo stub Graub nden geo stub de Vorabgletscher eo Vorab Gla ero nn Vorabbreen pl Vorabgletscher rm Glatscher dal Vorab ... more details
Puter also spelled Put r Audio Roh put r put r.ogg puter is a variety of Romansh language Romansh spoken in the Engadin valley in Graub nden , which is in the southeastern part of Switzerland . It is spoken in the central northwestern end of the valley between S chanf and St. Moritz , as well as in the region of the Bernina Pass . Romansh was named by 5,497 people within the upper Engadine valley 30 as a habitually spoken language in the census of 2000, which probably corresponds roughly to the total number of speakers. ref Gross 2004 . p. 31 ref The term is probably originally a nickname derived from put porridge , meaning porridge eaters . ref Liver 1999 p. 43 ref Classification File Mundarten Graub nden.png thumb Historical distribution of the dialects of Romansh, German, and Italian in Graub nden br Legend inline E16C81 Sursilvan Legend inline E02357 Tuatschin br Legend A9546D Sutsilvan Legend inline 8A57A6 Surmiran Legend 5F59A4 Put r Legend inline 8C91D1 Vallader Legend inline E2DAFF Jauer Puter and Vallader are sometimes referred to as one specific variety known as Ladin, as they have retained this word to mean Romansh. However, the term Ladin is primarily associated with the closely related language in Italy s Dolomite mountains also known as Ladin language Ladin . Puter and Vallader are distinguished from the other Romansh dialects among other things by the retention of the rounded front vowels IPAlink y un IPAlink written and , which have been derounded to IPAlink i and IPAlink e in the other dialects. Compare Put r Audio Roh put r m r.ogg m r to Sursilvan Audio Roh sursilvan mir.ogg mir wall and Put r Audio Roh put r chasch l.ogg chasch l to Sursilvan Audio ... Aesop The Fox and the Crow by Jean de La Fontaine in Put r Romansh, as well as a translation into English ... Romansh English dictionary, with different Romansh dialects including Puter Sources refbegin ... 2 ref CITEREFRicarda1999 reflist Category Romansh language ca Alt engiadin s de Oberengadinische ... more details
as of 2000 lc on speaks German 66.6 , with Romansh language Romansh being second most common ... spoke the Upper Engadin Romansh language Romansh dialect of Puter dialect Puter . Due to increasing trade with the outside world, Romansh usage began to decline. In 1880 about 81 spoke Romansh as a first language, while in 1910 it was only 59 . The last time that Romansh was the majority language ... many German speakers moved away from the village causing the percentage of Romansh speakers to increase. In 1990 there were 47 who understood Romansh in Bever and in 2000 it was 45 . class ... align right 58.87 align right 420 align right 66.56 Romansh language Romansh align right 156 align ... more details
three of Graub nden s official languages German language German , Romansh language Romansh , and Italian ... was predominately Romansh speaking. Today, Romansh language Romansh is spoken the least out of the three ... center Number align center Percent German language German align right 10,474 align right 55.7 Romansh language Romansh align right 2,312 align right 12.3 Italian language Italian align right 4,004 align ... more details
Infobox ESC entry song flagicon Switzerland Viver senza tei image caption year 1989 country Switzerland artist Marie Louise Werth, br Ursin Defuns, br Gion Defuns, br Giusep Quinter as Furbaz with language Romansh languages composer Marie Louise Werth lyricist Marie Louise Werth conductor Beno t Kaufman place 13th points 47 lyrics http www.diggiloo.net ?1989ch from Diggiloo thrush prev Ne partez pas sans moi prev link Ne partez pas sans moi next Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus next link Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus Viver senza tei To live without you was the Switzerland Swiss entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 . After Celine Dion s win the previous year, Switzerland were the host country for the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne . Furbaz sang Viver senza tei for Switzerland in the Romansh language , the first and to date only time the language was used at Eurovision. The song was composed by band member Marie Louise Werth. Furbaz performed 18th on the night of the contest, following Cyprus s Fani Polymeri and Giannis Savvidakis singing Apopse As Vrethume and preceding Greece s Mariana Efstratiou singing To Dhiko Su Asteri . The song received 47 points, placing 13th in a field of 22. The song was succeeded as Swiss representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 1990 contest by Egon Egemann singing Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus . Category Eurovision songs of Switzerland Category Eurovision songs of 1989 Category Romansh language pt Viver senza tei Eurovision Song Contest 1989 ... more details
The Humanist Party of Switzerland in German language German Humanistische Partei der Schweiz HPS , in French language French Parti humaniste suisse PH , in Italian language Italian Partito umanista svizzero , in Romansh language Romansh ? is a political party in Switzerland , which pursues the political ideas of New Humanism Humanist Movement New Humanism . The party was active at the beginning only in the canton of Zurich , but has been extended to national status in 1999 . It never had great electoral success, it failed to gain seats anywhere History The party has been founded in 1984 and participated in local elections in the canton of Zurich in 1986 and 1987 . It also took part in the Humanist International s in Florence in 1989 and in Moscow in 1992 . In 1989 the party participated in local elections outside Zurich, namely in the canton of Aargau . On May 15, 1999, the party held its first national congress in Bern and extended to national status. The section of Basel has been dissolved on July 17, 2004. External links http www.humanisten.ch partei index.php Homepage of the Humanist Party of Switzerland in German Category Humanist Party Switzerland Category Political parties in Switzerland de Humanistische Partei der Schweiz pl Humanistyczna Partia Szwajcarii ... more details
for the river in England River Rom Image Rom Fluss bei Valchava.jpg thumb Rom near Valchava , Val M stair The Rom Romansh language Romansh Rom lang it Ram lang de Rombach in Switzerland or Rambach in South Tyrol Italy is a river in Switzerland and Italy. The 24.7 km long river is a tributary of the Adige . It rises in the Livigno Range of the Alps , close to the Fuorn Pass . It flows through the Val M stair in Switzerland, and joins the Adige near the town Glurns in the Italian province of South Tyrol. The drainage basin is 1 E8 m2 189 km . External links Commonscat inline Rambach Rom http www.hydrodaten.admin.ch e 2617.htm Hydrological data of Rom at M stair real time and historical data waterlevel, discharge, temperature http www.provincia.bz.it agenzia ambiente 2909 fiumi fl 04 i.htm Rio Ram Descrizione geomorfologica it icon http www.provinz.bz.it umweltagentur 2909 fluesse fl 04 d.htm Rambach Geomorphologische Beschreibung de icon HDS 0 Rom rm 2639 coord missing Switzerland Category Rivers of Switzerland Category Rivers of Italy Category Rivers of South Tyrol Category Adige basin Category Geography of Graub nden Category International rivers of Europe de Rambach el es Rom r o fr Rom rivi re it Rio Ram nn Ram ... more details
Infobox Swiss town subject name Pignia municipality name Pignia municipality type former imagepath coa Pignia wappen.svg pixel coa map languages canton Graub nden iso code region CH GR district Hinterrhein district Hinterrhein lat d 46 lat m 36 lat NS N long d 9 long m 26 long EW E postal code 7443 municipality code area 13.41 elevation 1049 elevation description population 118 populationof 2005 website www.pignia.ch mayor mayor asof mayor party mayor title list of mayors places demonym neighboring municipalities Andeer , Ferrera , Clugin , Donat, Switzerland Donat , Salouf , Zillis Reischen twintowns Pignia is former a municipalities of Switzerland municipality in the district of Hinterrhein district Hinterrhein in the Switzerland Swiss Cantons of Switzerland canton of Graub nden . On 1 January 2009, it was annexed by Andeer . The municipality was predominantly German speaking, with a sizable Romansh language Romansh speaking minority. Image Pignia Dorf.jpg thumb none Pignia References reflist External links http www.pignia.ch Official Web site commonscat inline Pignia HDS 1510 Category Former municipalities of Graub nden Grisons geo stub de Pignia es Pignia fr Pignia it Pignia nl Pignia pms Pignia pt Pignia rm Pignia ru sv Pignia vo Pignia ... more details
Infobox mountain pass name Panix Pass photo Suvorov crossing the alps.jpg photo caption Suvorov crossing Panix Pass elevation m 2407 elevation ref traversed Trail location SUI range Alps coordinates coord 46 51 21 N 09 06 14 E type pass region CH GR display inline,title topo Panix Pass or Panixer Pass Romansh language Romansh Pass dil Veptga , German Panixerpass el. 2407 m. is a Switzerland Swiss Swiss Alps Alpine pass in the Cantons of Switzerland canton of Graub nden . The pass was an important trade route from the canton of Glarus canton Glarus to Italy . It connects Elm, Switzerland Elm in the Sernftal in Glarus with Pigniu Panix in the Vorderrhein valley of Graub nden. It is not passable for automobile traffic. In October of 1799 , Russian General Alexander Suvorov Suvorov s Italian and Swiss expedition made a strategic retreat from the French Revolution ary forces south over the pass and regrouped his forces in Austria . See also List of highest paved roads in Europe List of mountain passes Europe List of mountain passes External links HDS 8868 author Martin Bundi date 2006 01 18 Category Mountain passes of Switzerland Category Mountain passes of the Alps Category Mountain passes of Graub nden Category Canton of Glarus de Panixerpass el ru ... more details
Subclass PC Romanic languages is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Library of Congress Classification Class P Language and Literature Class P Language and Literature . This article describes subclass PC. Contents PC1 5498.......... Romanic languages Romanic 1 400..........General 601 872........ Romanian language Romanian 901 986........ Rhaeto Romance languages Raeto Romance including Romansh language Romansh 1001 1977...... Italian language Italian 1981 1984...... Sardinian language Sardinian 2001 3761...... French language French 2700 3708...... French dialects Dialects . Provincialisms 2813 2898..... Old French 3201 3366..... Old Proven al language Provencal Old 3371 3420.5... Languages of France Modern patois of South France 3420.8 3495... Langue d oc dialects 3721 3761...... French slang Slang. Argot 3801 3976....... Catalan language Catalan 4001 4977....... Spanish language Spanish 5001 5498....... Portuguese language Portuguese Sources http www.loc.gov catdir cpso lcco lcco.html Library of Congress Classification Outline Category Library of Congress Classification P PC ... more details
Infobox Language name Forlivese nativename states Italy speakers n a ref The number of inhabitants of Forl is approximately 150,000, and varieties close to Forlivese are spoken outside Forl . However, many of them are immigrants from other parts of Italy, and even most others will not be able to speak Forlivese fluently. ref familycolor Indo European fam2 Italic languages Italic fam3 Romance languages Romance fam4 Italo Northern fam5 Gallo Iberian fam6 Gallo Romance languages Gallo Romance fam7 Gallo Italic fam8 Romagnol language Romagnol iso3 Forlivese is the central variety linguistics variety of Romagnol language spoken in the city of Forl and in its province. In Italian speaking contexts, Forlivese like most of the other non Italian language varieties spoken within the borders of the Italian Republic is often generically called a dialect . This is often incorrectly understood as to mean a dialect of Italian , which actually is not the case. Forlivese and Italian language Italian are different languages and are not mutually intelligible. Forlivese is a central Romagna variety and is intelligible to speakers of other neighbouring Romagna varieties. Like all other dialects of Romagna , Forlivese is a Western Romance language related to French language French , Romansh language Romansh and Italian language Italian . However, the use of Forlivese is mostly limited to familiar terms and sentences, and is rare amongst Forl inhabitants. Some pieces of literature and a recent translation of the Gospels are available. References reflist Category Languages of Emilia Romagna ie lang stub ... more details
Multiple issues cleanup March 2010 intromissing March 2010 unreferenced March 2010 orphan March 2010 Sberna is a surname of Swiss Italian Franco Provenzal origin Substrate Pre Roman Celtic . Of the word Vern , gwern or berula berle , it mean alder tree or place of alders. The word derivate of a celtic person that live where alders grew. Galo dialect drift Italico Lombard language , mixture of French, Italian and German or maybe the Romansh language Romansh spoken in the Canton of Grisons Graub nden Switzerland , Lombardy Italy and Canton of Ticino Switzerland , whose etymology seems to be very old and date back to the time of Gaul , which was inhabited by Celts Celtic tribes, between present Switzerland, part of Belgium, part of Austria and northern Italy. The word is written in that dialect s b rna and b rna and the accent described the letter e to rule e ie as ee . The meaning is skinny and ugly dialactal gross and lean in Italian , indicating that the name derives from a physical appellation of people, although it is a hypothesis. This Pre Roman dialect the Swiss Rhaetian or Raetia is one of four official languages of Switzerland by the Swiss German, Swiss Italian and Swiss French. The Eastern Alpine dialect is also spoken in parts of Sicily, entering there in time of the Norman Conquest Viking . Category Italian language surnames Category Rhaeto Romance surnames Category Celtic loanwords ... more details
File Parcazi Zeichnung.jpg thumb Sogn Parcazi Castle and Church Crap Sogn Parcazi Sogn Parcazi Castle and Church Romansh language Romansh Crap Sogn Parcazi is a ruined castle and fortified church in the Municipalities of Switzerland municipality of Trin of the Canton of Graub nden in Switzerland . It is a Swiss Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance heritage site of national significance . ref cite web url http www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch internet bs de home themen kgs kgs inventar a objekte.html title Kantonsliste A Objekte year 2009 work http www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch internet bs de home themen kgs kgs inventar.html KGS Inventar publisher Federal Office of Civil Protection language German accessdate 25 April 2011 ref See also List of castles in Switzerland References reflist Navbox Castles of Graub nden coord 46.829226 subst CH1903 WGS84 745.850 188.230 koor B subst subst 9.350389 subst CH1903 WGS84 745.850 188.230 koor L subst subst display title DEFAULTSORT Crap Sogn Parcazi Switzerland castle stub Category Cultural property of national significance in Graub nden Category Castles in Switzerland ... more details
Tessin may refer to People Carl Gustaf Tessin Nicodemus Tessin the Elder Nicodemus Tessin the Younger Switzerland Ticino , a canton German Tessin French Tessin Romansh Tessin Italian language Ticino Ticino River , a river in running in Switzerland and Italy Germany Tessin, Germany , a town in the district of Bad Doberan in Mecklenburg Vorpommern Tessin Amt , a union of communes in the district of Bad Doberan in Mecklenburg Vorpommern Tessin bei Boizenburg in the district of Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg Vorpommern a part of the commune Wittend rp in the district of Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg Vorpommern a part of the commune Kuhlen Wendorf in the district of Parchim in Mecklenburg Vorpommern Disambig de Tessin Begriffskl rung et Tessin eo Tessin fr Tessin homonymie nl Tessin ru sv Tessin olika betydelser ... more details
wiktionary Muster may refer to Muster military , a process or event for the of accounting for members in a military unit Muster livestock , the rounding up of livestock Muster event , a competitive skills event held between fire departments Muster census , a type of census in the British colony of New South Wales, Australia Muster Texas A&M University , a time honored tradition at Texas A&M University Ute muster , an auto show Must r, the Romansh name of Disentis People Brad Muster born 1965 , former American football fullback Thomas Muster born 1967 , former World Number 1 tennis player See also lookfrom intitle Muster drill Must disambiguation disambig Category Surnames de Muster Begriffskl rung sl Muster ... more details
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