Romansch
Grishun; Rumauntsch; Rheto-Romance; Rhaeto-Romance; Romansh; Romanche; Rhäto-Romanisch; Romanisch; Rätoromanisch
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All speakers of Romansh are multilingual
According to the 2000 Swiss census, 35,095 speakers reported that Romansh was the language over which they had the "best command." 27,038 of these were in Canton Graubünden. In total the census reports 60,816 speakers of Romansh.
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In Canton Graubünden, the territory in which Romansh has traditionally been spoken is comprised of five regions. Surselva occupies the large sector in the northwest of the canton. In Central Graubünden, Romansh used to be spoken in the Domleschg/Tumleastga and Heinzenberg/Mantogna regions and is still spoken today in parts of the Val Schons (Schams), Surmeir (Oberhalbstein) and the Albula Valley. The Engadin and the Val Müstair (Münstertal) form the southeastern Romansh language territory.
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In Graubünden, the communes have the autonomy to determine their own administrative and school languages. Romansh may be either a language of tuition or a subject taught.
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In Canton Graubünden, the territory in which Romansh has traditionally been spoken is comprised of five regions. Surselva occupies the large sector in the northwest of the canton. In Central Graubünden, Romansh used to be spoken in the Domleschg/Tumleastga and Heinzenberg/Mantogna regions and is still spoken today in parts of the Val Schons (Schams), Surmeir (Oberhalbstein) and the Albula Valley. The Engadin and the Val Müstair (Münstertal) form the southeastern Romansh language territory.
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In 1938, Romansh was recognised as a national language in addition to French, German and Italian. With the recognition of Romansh as a partially official language in 1996, it has now been placed on the same footing as Switzerland’s other three official languages as far as certain matters are concerned.
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Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2000 census.
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Perhaps little more than half of the official number of 65,000 speakers use the language actively.
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Spoken in Graubunden (Grischun), mainly in Surselva, Seumeir, and Unterengadin.
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Spoken in Graubunden (Grischun), mainly in Surselva, Seumeir, and Unterengadin.
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- Romansh Facts & Figures2004. "Romansh Facts & Figures." edited by Manfred Gross. Online: http://www.liarumantscha.ch/data/media/pdf/facts_figures/facts_figures_english.pdf.http://www.liarumantscha.ch/data/media/pdf/facts_figures/facts_figures_english.pdf
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