Romansh language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Romansh |
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| Rumantsch, Romontsch, Rumauntsch, Rumàntsch | ||||
Sursilvan house inscription in Trun
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| Pronunciation | [rʊˈmantʃ], [ʁoˈmɔntʃ], [rʊˈmɛntʃ], [rʊˈmaʊ̯ntʃ], [rʊˈmœntʃ] | |||
| Native to | Switzerland | |||
| Region | Grisons (Graubünden) | |||
| Ethnicity | Romansh Swiss | |||
| Native speakers | 35,000 (language of best command) (2000) 60,000 (regular speakers) |
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Indo-European
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| Standard forms |
Rumantsch Grischun
Putèr
Sutsilvan
Surmiran
Sursilvan
Vallader
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| Dialects |
Sursilvan
Vallader
Surmiran
Putèr
Sutsilvan
Jauer
Tuatschin
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| Writing system | Latin | |||
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| Official language in |  Switzerland |
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| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-k | |||
The traditional Romansh-speaking parts of Switzerland (dark green)
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Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is one of Switzerland's four national languages. (The other three are French, German and Italian.) 50,000 people in the canton of Graubünden use it as their native language.
Images for kids
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The three proposed Rhaeto-Romance languages Romansh, Ladin, and Friulan
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"La mort da Benedetg Fontana", a Romansh passage in a Latin chronicle by Durich Chiampel
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Front page of Ilg Vêr Sulaz da pievel giuvan
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Cover page of Ortografia et ortoëpia del idiom romauntsch d'Engiadin'ota
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Vrin, the municipality with the highest percentage of people naming Romansh as their language of best command in 2000 (95.6%)
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Synopsis on Romansh authors, by birth and idiom (including Rumantsch Grischun)
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Front page of the Engadiner Post/Posta Ladina in February 2010
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Romansh as a habitually spoken language within the traditional language area in 2000
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Romansh as the language of best command within the traditional language area in 2000
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Romansh as the language of best command in the entire canton
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Percentage of people reporting to understand Romansh in 2003
See also
In Spanish: Romanche para niños
