What Language Is Rhaetian?

Rhaetian dialects, also called Rhaeto-Romance, group of Romance dialects spoken in Switzerland and northern Italy, the most important of which are two dialects, Sursilvan and Sutsilvan, that constitute the main dialects of the Romansh language. Other Rhaetian dialects are Engadine, Ladin, and Friulian.

What is a rhaetian?

The Rhaetian is the latest age of the Triassic period (in geochronology) or the uppermost stage of the Triassic system (in chronostratigraphy). It was preceded by the Norian and succeeded by the Hettangian (the lowermost stage or earliest age of the Jurassic).

What language did Otzi the Iceman speak?

Played by the German actor Jürgen Vogel, Ötzi – or Kelab, as he is known in the film – speaks an early version of the Rhaetic tongue, a language of the pre-Roman and Roman era in the eastern Alps, for which no translation is given in the film.