term "Rhaeto-Romance" to indicate the linguistic family, and adds to the traits already identified by Ascoli the pronouns ego/tu and the use of the pluperfect subjunctive in unreal conditionals.

Subsequent literature changes this picture little. Von Wartburg (1950; 1956) reports the conservation of the /j/ ~ /g/ palatalized distinction in some varieties of Romansh (Bravuogn, Müstair), a trait shared with Sardinian but also with adjacent North Italian dialects (Val Bregaglia,