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Sigma KEE - WalserLanguage
WalserLanguage(walser language)

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(documentation WalserLanguage EnglishLanguage "The WalserLanguage is an AllemannicLanguage of Switzerland. SIL code: WAE. ISO 639-2: gem. Population: 10,000 to 20,000 speakers in Switzerland out of 21,900 population (1980 C. Buchli). Population total all countries: 20,000 to 40,000. Region: Bosco-Gurin, Canton Ticino, Wallis, Simplon, Graubunden, Obersaxen, Valsertal (Vals, St. Martin), Safiental (Valendas, Versam, Tenna, Safien), Rheinwald (Medels, Nufenen, Splngen, Sufers, Hinterrhein, Avers), Schanfigg (Arosa, Langwiesn), Albula (Mutten, Schmitte Wiesen), Landquart (Davos, Klosters, Furna, Says, St. Antonien, Valzeina). 26 communities in Switzerland, and 7 former ones. Also spoken in Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein. Alternate names: WALSCHER. Comments: Ancestors came from the Wallis Canton between the 12th and 13th centuries. Close but different from Schwytzertusch spoken in Wallis Canton in Switzerland. Different from Cimbrian, Mocheno, or Bavarian. Also spoken in: Austria. (Language name: WALSER.) Population: 5,000 to 10,000 in Austria (1995 C. Buchli). Alternate names: WALSCHER. Comments: Ancestors came from the Wallis Canton between the 12th and 13th centuries. Close but different from Schwytzertusch. Different from Cimbrian, Mocheno, or Bavarian. Also spoken in: Italy. (Language name: WALSER.) Population: 3,400 in Italy (1978 Fazzini). Alternate names: WALSCHER. Comments: Ancestors came from the Wallis Canton between the 12th and 13th centuries. Close but different from Schwytzertusch. Different from Cimbrian, Mocheno, or Bavarian. All ages. Used for children's services in church. In Valle d'Aosta it has been influenced by Franco-Provencal and Piemontese, elsewhere in Italy by Italian. Investigation needed: bilingual proficiency in Italian. Also spoken in: Liechtenstein. (Language name: WALSER.) Population: 1,300 in Liechtenstein (1995 C. Buchli). Alternate names: WALSCHER. Comments: Ancestors came from the Wallis Canton in Switzerland. Close but different from Schwytzertusch. Different from Cimbrian, Mocheno, or Bavarian.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") Languages.kif 8028-8055
(externalImage WalserLanguage "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 6/ 67/ Hoechstalemannisch.png") pictureList.kif 8787-8787
(instance WalserLanguage AllemannicLanguage) Languages.kif 8027-8027 Walser language is an instance of allemannic language

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(termFormat ChineseLanguage WalserLanguage "沃尔瑟语") domainEnglishFormat.kif 62127-62127
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage WalserLanguage "沃爾瑟語") domainEnglishFormat.kif 62126-62126
(termFormat EnglishLanguage WalserLanguage "walser language") domainEnglishFormat.kif 62125-62125


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