Romansh language

Romansh
Romansh
Rumantsch, Romontsch, Rumauntsch, Rumàntsch
	Sursilvan house inscription in Trun
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)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Gallo-Romance Rhaeto-Romance Romansh; ; ; ; ; ;
Standard forms	Rumantsch Grischun Putèr Sutsilvan Surmiran Sursilvan Vallader
Dialects	Sursilvan Vallader Surmiran Putèr Sutsilvan Jauer Tuatschin
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Switzerland
Language codes
ISO 639-1	rm
ISO 639-2	roh
ISO 639-3	roh
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.

Romansh Language Media

The three proposed Rhaeto-Romance languages: Romansh, Ladin, and Friulan
Historical distribution of the dialects of Romansh, German, and Italian in the Grisons. So-called "Italian dialects" are in fact dialects of Lombard, and more similar to Romansh than to Italian:* Sursilvan* Tuatschin* Sutsilvan* Surmiran* Putèr* Vallader* Jauer
"La mort da Benedetg Fontana", a Romansh passage in a Latin chronicle by Durich Chiampel
Front page of Ilg Vêr Sulaz da pievel giuvan
Cover page of Ortografia et ortoëpia del idiom romauntsch d'Engiadin'ota
Loss of the Romansh-speaking majority in modern times according to the Swiss censuses* before 1860* 1870–1900* 1910–1941* 1950–1960* 1970* 1980–2000* Romansh majority in 2000
Map of the situation in September 2013* Municipalities that had introduced Rumantsch Grischun as the language of instruction* Municipalities that used a regional variety as the language of instruction* Municipalities that had introduced Rumantsch Grischun but since decided to revert to a regional variety
Euler-10 Swiss Franc banknote (front)
A Romansh-language road sign in Waltensburg/Vuorz