Though even in Switzerland, it has a bit of a second-class status relative to the other three. I think it's a national language but not an official language, for example - an official language only when communicating with a Romansh speaker.
all i have is a few half-remembered family stories, honestly. my great-grandparents didnt see all of their grandchildren born, and my grandfather passed away when i was a little over a year old.
Romansh? i'm guessing that's the native tongue of the Rom?
Romansh? i'm guessing that's the native tongue of the Rom?
No; I know that as "Romani".
Romansh is sometimes called "Rhaeto-Romanic" or "Rhaeto-Romance"; it's a Romance language, from the same family as French and Italian; it's spoken in a few mountain valleys in Graubünden by fewer and fewer speakers: it's under a lot of competition from German. Native terms include "Rumantsch" and "Romontsch".
There are several dialects, due to the isolated geographical situation, where each valley's speech evolved independently.
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my grandfather and his family came from the french speaking part of switzerland. /cool story bro. ;)
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Though even in Switzerland, it has a bit of a second-class status relative to the other three. I think it's a national language but not an official language, for example - an official language only when communicating with a Romansh speaker.
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Romansh? i'm guessing that's the native tongue of the Rom?
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No; I know that as "Romani".
Romansh is sometimes called "Rhaeto-Romanic" or "Rhaeto-Romance"; it's a Romance language, from the same family as French and Italian; it's spoken in a few mountain valleys in Graubünden by fewer and fewer speakers: it's under a lot of competition from German. Native terms include "Rumantsch" and "Romontsch".
There are several dialects, due to the isolated geographical situation, where each valley's speech evolved independently.
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I couldn't view the cookies ad. Probably LJ's fault. I'll check back later.
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