Romansh people

E280340
Romance peoples ethnic group

The Romansh people are a Romance-language ethnic group native to the canton of Graubünden in southeastern Switzerland, known for preserving one of the country’s four national languages and a distinct Alpine culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Romansh people canonical 2
Romansh-speaking Switzerland 2
Romansh culture 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance peoples ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
culture Alpine culture ⓘ
Swiss mountain culture ⓘ
demographicTrend language shift to German ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Switzerland ⓘ
ethnonym Romansh ⓘ
governmentBody Lia Rumantscha ⓘ
hasDialect Puter ⓘ
Surmiran ⓘ
Sursilvan ⓘ
Sutsilvan ⓘ
Vallader ⓘ
hasStandardLanguageForm Romansh language ⓘ
surface form: Rumantsch Grischun
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
historicalLanguageAncestor Vulgar Latin ⓘ
historicalRegion Raetia ⓘ
language Romansh language ⓘ
languageBranch Rhaeto-Romance languages ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
mainContactLanguage German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
minorityStatus linguistic minority in Switzerland ⓘ
nativeTo Switzerland ⓘ
canton of Graubünden ⓘ
partOf Swiss people ⓘ
populationCenter Engadine valley ⓘ
surface form: Engadine

Surmeir ⓘ
Surselva ⓘ
Sutsilvan region ⓘ
Val Müstair ⓘ
protectedBy Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution
recognizedAs national minority in Switzerland ⓘ
recognizedLanguageStatus national language of Switzerland ⓘ
official language of canton of Graubünden ⓘ
region Alps ⓘ
southeastern Switzerland ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup French people ⓘ
Friulian ⓘ
surface form: Friulian people

Italian people ⓘ
Ladin people ⓘ
Occitan people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture Engadine houses ⓘ
stone farmhouses ⓘ
traditionalMusic Alpine folk music ⓘ
traditionalOccupation alpine pastoralism ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
mountain agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swiss Germans → contrastWith → Romansh people ⓘ
Engadine valley → hasCulturalRegion → Romansh people ⓘ
subject surface form: Engadine
this entity surface form: Romansh culture
Surselva region → partOf → Romansh people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romansh-speaking Switzerland
Surselva region → hasEthnicGroup → Romansh people ⓘ
SRG SSR → languageRegion → Romansh people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romansh-speaking Switzerland