Romansh language

E22461

Romance language language of Switzerland minority language

Romansh is a minority Romance language spoken primarily in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, known for its several distinct regional varieties and official status alongside German, French, and Italian in Switzerland.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romance language → language of Switzerland → minority language →
ancestor	Vulgar Latin →
closelyRelatedTo	Friulian language → Ladin language →
coOfficialWith	French language at federal level in Switzerland → German language in Graubünden → Italian language in Graubünden →
country	Switzerland →
developedFrom	spoken Latin of the Roman Empire in the Alps →
endangeredStatus	vulnerable language →
family	Indo-European languages →
hasAutonym	romontsch → rumantsch → rumauntsch → rumàntsch →
hasDialect	Puter → Surmiran → Sursilvan → Sutsilvan → Vallader →
hasFeature	diglossia between local dialects and Rumantsch Grischun → several distinct regional varieties →
hasMacrodialect	Engadin Romansh → Rhine Romansh →
hasRegulator	Lia Rumantscha →
hasStandardVariety	Rumantsch Grischun →
ISO639-1Code	rm →
ISO639-2Code	roh →
ISO639-3Code	roh →
languageFamilyBranch	Western Romance →
minorityStatus	recognized minority language in Switzerland →
officialStatus	national language of Switzerland → official language of the canton of Graubünden →
primaryRegion	canton of Graubünden →
protectedBy	Swiss Federal Constitution → language laws of the canton of Graubünden →
recognizedSince	1938 as a national language of Switzerland → 1996 as an official language for communication with the federal authorities of Switzerland →
spokenIn	Alpine region → Engadine valley → Surselva region →
subfamily	Romance languages →
subgroup	Rhaeto-Romance languages →
usedFor	education in parts of Graubünden → local administration in Graubünden → regional media in Graubünden →
usedIn	Swiss federal documents on request →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ("Romansh") → Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ("Romansh") → National Council (Switzerland) ("Romansh") → Sils Maria ("Romansh") → Swiss Federal Assembly ("Romansh") →	language
Romansh language ("Engadin Romansh") → Romansh language ("Rhine Romansh") →	hasMacrodialect
Council of States ("Romansh") → Swiss Armed Forces ("Romansh") →	languageUsed
.ch ("Romansh") →	associatedLanguage
Ladin language →	closelyRelatedTo
Swiss Psalm ("Romansh") →	hasOfficialVersionInLanguage
Romance languages →	includeLanguage
Vice President of the Swiss Confederation ("Romansh") →	languageOfTitle
Swiss federal government ("Romansh") →	officialLanguage
Cussegl federal ("Romansh") →	officialLanguageName
Swiss Army ("Romansh") →	primaryLanguageUse