Romansh Language

Romansh
Rumantsch, Rumàntsch, Romauntsch, Romontsch
From top left to bottom right: Sutsilvan inscription on a house in Andeer, Sursilvan house inscription in Trun, Rumantsch Grischun sign in the Swiss National Park, Vallader Sgraffito in Guarda.
Pronunciation	[rʊˈmantʃ], [ʁoˈmɔntʃ], [rʊˈmɛntʃ], [rʊˈmaʊ̯ntʃ], [rʊˈmœntʃ]
Native to	Switzerland
Region	Grisons (Graubünden)
Ethnicity	Romansh Swiss
Native speakers	36,600 (main language) (2012) 60,000 (regular speakers) (2000)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Gallo-Romance Rhaeto-Romance Romansh
Standard forms	Rumantsch Grischun Putèr Sutsilvan Surmiran Sursilvan Vallader
Dialects	Sursilvan Vallader Surmiran Putèr Sutsilvan Jauer Tuatschin
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Switzerland
Language codes
ISO 639-1	rm
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	roma1326
Linguasphere	51-AAA-k
The traditional Romansh-speaking parts of Switzerland (dark green)
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Romansh (also spelled Romansch, Rumantsch, or Romanche; Romansh:  rumantsch , rumàntsch,  romauntsch  or  romontsch ) is a Romance language spoken predominantly in the southeastern Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden), where it has official status alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. Romansh has also been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938 and as an official language along with German, French and Italian since 1996. It is sometimes grouped with Ladin and Friulian as a Rhaeto-Romance language, though this is disputed.