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Romansch Language
Romansh (also spelled Romansch, Rumansch and Rumantsch) may refer to: *Romansh language, a Romance language of the Rhaeto-Romance group, spoken in southeastern Switzerland * Romansh people, people who speak this language See also * Romance languages The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-E ..., the group of languages derived from Latin. {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romansh Language
Romansh ( ; sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch) is a Gallo-Romance languages, Gallo-Romance and/or Rhaeto-Romance languages, Rhaeto-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). Romansh has been recognized as a national Languages of Switzerland, language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with Swiss Standard German, German, Swiss French, French, and Swiss Italian, Italian. It also has Official language, official status in the canton of the Grisons alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin language, Ladin and Friulian language, Friulian as the Rhaeto-Romance languages, though this is disputed. Romansh is one of the descendant languages of the Vulgar Latin, spoken Latin language of the Roman Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romansh People
The Romansh people (also spelled Romansch, Rumantsch, or Romanche; , ''rumàntschs'', ''romauntschs'' or ''romontschs'') are a Romance ethnic group, the speakers of the Romansh language, native to the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden). The Romansh speaking population is collectively known as Rumantschia in Romansh (alternatively ''rumantschadad'', Vallader: ''rumantschità'', Sursilvan: ''romontschadad''). This term has come to replace the German official legal term of "Gemeinschaft der Bündner Romanen" introduced in 1982.Lexicon istoric retic s.v. Rumantschia , they make up about 45,000 inhabitants of Switzerland, or 0.85% of its population, and about 30,000 inhabitants of the canton of Grisons (14.7% of its population). cited as 44,354 ± 4.0%. This amounts to a confidence interval of 42,500–46,200. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Languages
The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. The five list of languages by number of native speakers, most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are: * Spanish language, Spanish (489 million): official language in Spain, Mexico, Equatorial Guinea, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, SADR, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and most of Central America, Central and South America * French language, French (310 million): official in 26 countries * Portuguese language, Portuguese (240 million): official in Portugal, Brazil, Portuguese-speaking African countries, Portuguese-speaking Africa, Timor-Leste and Macau * Italian language, Italian (67 million): official in Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Switzerland; mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
