Romansh Language: Romance language spoken predominantly in the southeastern Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden)
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Indo-European
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Standard forms | Rumantsch Grischun Putèr Sutsilvan Surmiran Sursilvan Vallader |
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| 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) | |
References
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