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Romansh language
| Romansh | ||||
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| 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)[1] 60,000 (regular speakers) | |||
| Language family | ||||
| Standard forms |
Putèr
Sutsilvan
Surmiran
Sursilvan
Vallader | |||
| Dialects | ||||
| 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.
References
- ↑ Die aktuelle Lage des Romanischen, Kommentar zu den Volkszählungsresultaten. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-02-28.
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Romansh language edition. |
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