ISO 639-3 · rohroh
Indo-European family
Romansh
rumantsch
Romansh is a language of the Rhaeto-Romance branch (Indo-European), spoken in Switzerland. Wikidata counts about 40,039 speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Romance language spoken in the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden)”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
roh- ISO 639-1
rm- Glottocode
roma1326- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 46.60, 9.60
- Wikipedia
- 128 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Romansh · rumantsch |
|---|---|
| Also called | Romansch, Rumantsch, Rumantsh, Romanche, Romansh language |
| All speakers | 40,039 (2012) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Switzerland |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Romansh
The branches above Romansh, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Switzerland
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