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Department of Computational Linguistics — Phonogram Archives

Romansh Corpora

Listed below, you will find information about corpora with recordings in various Romansh dialects. Each depositum has an accompanying PDF file containing a brief overview of the content as well as a list of audio recordings, which is linked to the PAZ ID. The PDF file is currently available only in German. We are happy to answer your questions via our contact form.

Recordings from Lumbrein (Depositum Solèr) [PAZ:ar7220]
Language: Rhaeto-Romanic
Period: 1980s
Description: For his dissertation "Sprachgebrauch und Sprachwandel. Eine theoretische Faktorenanalyse und die Pragmatik der Sprachbehandlung bei den Rätoromanen von Lumbrein. Mit einem Vergleich der Germanisierung in Präz und Sarn." (1983), Clau Solèr compiled seven audio recordings of dialect spoken in Lumbrein.
Rhaeto-Romanic in Scuol (Depositum von Essen) [PAZ:ar7260]
Language: Rhaeto-Romanic (Vallader)
Period: 1959
Description: The recordings on seven audio tapes contain Romansh read and spontaneous speech as well as folk songs by schoolchildren from Scuol. These were compiled by Hamburg-based phonetician Prof. Dr. von Essen. All audio tapes have been digitised.
Dialect from Surselva [PAZ:ar7240]
Language: Rhaeto-Romanic (Surselva)
Period: 1960s and 1970s
Description: The collection contains 36 audio recordings of the dialect of Surselva, all of which have been digitised.