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
ELP	Romansch
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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[1] Die aktuelle Lage des Romanischen, Kommentar zu den Volkszählungsresultaten. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-02-28.

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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)^[1] 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`
ELP	Romansch
Linguasphere	`51-AAA-k`
The traditional Romansh-speaking parts of Switzerland (dark green)
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.