Surmiran dialect

{{Short description|Central variety of the Romansh language}}

{{Expand German|Surmeirische Sprache|date=November 2022}}

{{Expand Romansh|Surmiran|date=November 2022}}

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Surmiran (Surmiran, Vallader, Sutsilvan, Rumantsch Grischun: surmiran; Puter: surmiraun) is a dialect of the Romansh language. It is spoken in Surmeir and in the Albula Valley in the Grisons Canton, in Switzerland.

Some authors have cultivated literature in Surmiran, notably the Capuchin monk Alexander Lozza.