Romansch
Romansh

Since then, the loss of Romansch has sped up.

Romansch, the fourth national language, is spoken by less than 1% of the population.

However, in 1880, only 80.1% of the inhabitants spoke Romansch as their native language.

German is the only official language for municipality business although 26.7% of the population understands Romansch.

Indeed, the Romansch people don't make as strong a division as we do between inside and outside, public and private.

The area was originally a mix of Romansch and Lombard Language.

Although 87% of the population understands Romansch, German is now the sole official language.

Swiss voters approved an amendment today to keep the Romansch language from dying out as the country's fourth national language.

In the Romansch language it is called "tudelsac".

The language spoken here is Vallader, the local dialect of Romansch.

Usually pronounced like the soft "g" (except in Romansch and the languages of Italy).

Although 31% still speak some Romansch, German is now the only official language for municipality business.

The Romansch speakers have their own spoken dialect and write Putér.

But the word that delighted me most is the Romansch expression of greeting, Allegra - Joy to you.

Romansh or Romansch may refer to:

He has basic skills in Arabic, Romansch, Swahili, and Turkish.

"The Langasthof," he said, in a heavy Romansch accent.

Many people in the area still speak Romansch, the Rhaeto-Romanic dialect that sounds pretty and soft.

In addition this population was distinguished by Christianity and by their language, a Latin dialect (Romansch).

"Swiss folk art derives from several wonderful cultures - French, German, Italian and Romansch.

Helvetia had three or four official languages: French, German, Italian, and Romansch.

Carter is described as speaking fluent French, German and Italian and a little Romansch.

One of the applications of this theoretical framework is language standardisation (examples since ca. 1960 being Basque and Romansch).

Early in his childhood he learned French, Walloon and even some Romansch as preparation for a future in the family's lace-importing business.

It not only has four languages (Swiss German, French, Italian and Romansch), but the cultural variety to match.

In addition, there is often pressure from inside the family to learn Romansh.

The Romansh department there has been in existence since 1991.

There were eight people who spoke Romansh as of the last census.

Romansh became a national language of Switzerland in 1938, following a referendum.

Since 1990 an annual Romansh literary festival has been held.

The original majority language was Romansh; today only a minority still speak it.

The status of Romansh differs widely within this traditional area however.

In the last decades the Romansh speaking percentage has decreased.

Romansh is an old language that is similar to Latin.

Due to increasing trade with the outside world, Romansh usage began to decline.

Romansh has a status of an official language at a cantonal level.

The current situation of Romansh is quite well researched.

However, in 2000 there were 33% of the population who at least understood Romansh.

In 1880 about 69% of the population spoke Romansh as a first language.

In the same century the German language started to prevail over Romansh.

Some people even welcomed a disappearance of Romansh, in particular among progressives.

The other factor was that after entering primary school, the children received a few hours a week of Romansh instruction at best.

The first radio program in Romansh was broadcast on 17 January 1925.

There are about 6 people who speak Romansh.

About 68% of the population could understand Romansh at least passively.

Between 1880 and 1941 the Romansh speaking percentage remained the same (83%).

Since 1900, there has been a rapid shift from Romansh to German.

German continued to gain ground, but even in 1970 45.3% of the population spoke Romansh.

It is also the only canton where the Romansh language is still spoken.

As a family language, Romansh is more widespread, with 55,707 having named it in 1990, and 49,134 in 2000.