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Name: Romansch

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Grishun; Rumauntsch; Rheto-Romance; Rhaeto-Romance; Romansh; Romanche; Rhäto-Romanisch

Spoken in: Switzerland

Number of speakers: 35,100 (2000 census) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 35095 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 40000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: roh

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)

Parent Dialect Group: Rhaetian Latin (lat-rha)

Child Dialects: Lower Engadine; Engadine Lects; Vallader-Lower Engadine; Grisons; Vallader (roh-low) Sursilvan; Romansch (Sursilvan); Romansh Lects; Surselva; Sutsilvan-Hinterrhein; Vorderrhein (roh-sul) Surmiran-Albula; Romansch (Surmeiran); Romansh Lects; Surmiran; Albula (roh-sur) Upper Engadine; Engadine Lects; Puter-Upper Engadine; Puter (roh-upp) Sursilvan-Oberland; Romansh Lects (roh-suo)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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