Romansch
A language of Switzerland
| Population | 35,100 (2000 census). |
| Region | Southeast borders, Grisons Canton, Surselva valley (Vorderrhein), Hinterrhein valley; Engadine, Val Mustair. |
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Liechtenstein and Switzerland |
| Alternate names | Rhaeto-Romance, Rheto-Romance, Romanche, Romansh |
| Dialects | Vallader (Lower Engadine), Puter (Upper Engadine), Sursilvan (Surselva, Vorderrhein), Sutsilvan (Hinterrhein), Surmiran (Albula). Friulian [fur], Ladin [lld], and Romansch [roh] are separate languages (1978 R. Hall, Jr.). Lexical similarity: 78% with Italian and French, 76% with Catalan [cat], 74% with Spanish, Sardinian [sdc], and Portuguese, 72% with Romanian [rom]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Rhaetian |
| Language use | Official language. Official written language in common use now, called Rumantsch Grischun. Also use German. |
| Language development | Taught in primary schools. Newspapers. Bible: 1679–1953. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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