Infobox Ethnic group group Romansh image File Map Languages CH.png 300px caption Romansh language areas are in magenta population Over 75,000 region1 flagcountry Switzerland pop1 75,000 ref1 ref name CIA https www.cia.gov library publications the world factbook geos sz.html People CIA World Factbook Switzerland ref langs Romansh language , Swiss German linguistics Swiss German rels Christianity majority Roman Catholic , Swiss Reformed , non religious related German Swiss , Italian Swiss , French Swiss The Romansh people are a people and ethnic group of Switzerland , native speakers of the Romansh language . However, nowadays they almost always are multilingual, speaking also German language German both the Standard German standard variety and the local Swiss German and sometimes Italian language Italian , which are the other official language of Graub nden , the Swiss canton canton where they are concentrated. They make up about 1 of Switzerland s population and 15 of Graub nden s. ref de icon it icon http www.gr.ch Deutsch seiten.cfm?idnav1 1&idnav2 7&seite Deutsch Land & Leute zahlen fakten.cfm Canton of Graub nden Website accessed October 26, 2008 ref ref name CIA Notable Romansh people Jim Caviezel American actor Romansh surname Joseph Planta librarian Joseph Planta British librarian Joseph Planta British diplomat Ren Schnoz Swiss actor References reflist DEFAULTSORT Romansh People Category Ethnic groups in Switzerland Romansh Category Romance peoples Euro ethno group stub als R toromanen an Rumanches cs R torom ni da R toromanere de R toromanen mrj lt Retoromanai nl Reto Romanen rm Rumantschia ru ... more details
Infobox language name Romansh nativename Rumantsch, Romontsch, Rumauntsch, Rum ntsch pronunciation ... Graub nden ethnicity Romansh people Romansh Swiss speakers formatnum 35000 language of best command ... dia4 Put r dia5 Sutsilvan dia6 Jauer dialect Romansh Jauer dia7 Tuatschin stand1 Rumantsch Grischun ... Trun map KARTE schweiz sprachen.png mapcaption The traditional Romansh speaking parts of Switzerland dark green notice IPA Romansh also spelled Romansch , Rumants c h, or Romanche Romansh rumantsch ... spoken language in Switzerland overall. Linguistic Classification Romansh is a Romance languages ... languages, Romansh stands out through its peripheral location, which manifests itself through ... of Romansh. Romansh belongs to the Gallo Romance languages Gallo Romance branch of the Romance ... language Lombard alongside Romansh. The main feature placing Romansh within the Gallo Romance ... wall , which is Audio Roh put r m r.ogg m r or Audio Roh sursilvan mir.ogg mir in Romansh. The main features distinguishing Romansh from the Gallo Italic languages to the south are Palatalization of Latin ... of Romansh however, especially in Sursilvan where it may have been reversed at some point Sursilvan ... 2000. pp. 215 216 ref Whether or not Romansh forms a separate subgroup within Gallo Romance together ... nationalists interpreted the hypothesis of Battisti as implying that Romansh, Friulan, and Ladin ... where these languages were spoken for Italy. ref Liver 1999 . p. 18 ref Today, Romansh is not considered an Italian dialect, primarily because the Romansh speaking area is otherwise German ... , are called Italian dialects despite being in the same Gallo Romance subgroup as Romansh. Geographic distribution File Romanisch als Umgangssprache 2000.PNG thumb left Romansh as a habitually spoken ... Romansh was spoken as far north as Lake Constance in the early Middle Ages, the language area of Romansh ... to speak Romansh, the Vinschgau in South Tyrol, became German speaking in the 17th century. Inside ... more details
Jauer is a dialect of Romansh language Romansh that is spoken in the Val M stair . Jauer is usually not written the written standard in Val M stair is Rumantsch Grischun Vallader until 2008 . Category Romansh language Category Languages of Switzerland Rhaeto Romance languages ie lang stub de Jauer Sprache la Jauer lmo Jauer rm Jauer ... more details
unreferenced date January 2009 Sutsilvan is a group of dialects of the Romansh language . It is spoken on the eastern bank of the Rhine. Category Romansh language ie lang stub Rhaeto Romance languages ca Sotaselv de Sutselvische Sprache eu Sutsilvan la Sutsilvan lmo Sutsilvan hu Sutsilvan nyelvj r s no Sutsilvan rm Sutsilvan sursilvan ... more details
File Karte Sprachen Graub nden.png thumb right Areas in the canton of Graub nden canton where the Romansh varieties were historically spoken. Vallader is a variety of the Romansh language spoken in the Engadin valley of southeast Switzerland , between Martina, Switzerland Martina and Zernez . It was also formerly until 2008 used as a written language in the nearby community of Val M stair , where Jauer Romansh Jauer is spoken. Classification Puter and Vallader are sometimes referred to as one specific variety known as Ladin, as they have retained this word to mean Romansh. However, Ladin is primarily associated with the closely related language in Italy s Dolomites Dolomite mountains also known as Ladin . Example A text in Vallader, in the standard language Rumantsch Grischun , as well as English. Vallader La vuolp d eira darcheu na jada fomantada. Qua ha la vis s n n pin n corv chi tgnaiva n toc chasch l in seis pical. Quai am gustess, ha la pens , ed ha clom al corv Che bel cha t est Scha teis chant es usch bel sco tia apparentscha, lura est t il pl bel utsch da tuots. Rumantsch Grischun La vulp era pusp ina giada fomentada. Qua ha ella vis sin in pign in corv che tegneva in toc chaschiel en ses pichel. Quai ma gustass, ha ella pens , ed ha clam al corv Tge bel che ti es Sche tes chant usch bel sco tia parita, lura es ti il pli bel utsch da tuts. English The fox was hungry once again. There he saw a raven upon a fir holding a piece of cheese in its beak. I could just eat that, it thought, and shouted at the raven You are so beautiful If your singing is as beautiful as your looks, you are the most beautiful of all birds. Literature Gion Tscharner Dicziunari W rterbuch vallader tudais ch deutsch vallader Lehrmittelverlag Graub nden 2003. Vallader German dictionary M. Schlatter Ich lerne Romanisch. Vallader , 9th edition 2003. G. P. Ganzoni Grammatica ladina ... is published among others by the Lia Rumantscha in Chur . Category Romansh language Category Languages ... more details
File Karte Sprachen Graub nden.png thumb right Areas in the canton of Graub nden where the Romansh varieties were historically spoken. Sursilvan is a group of dialects of the Romansh language spoken in the Surselva , on the western bank of the Rhine. The most closely related variety is Sutsilvan , which is spoken in the area located to the east. Example A text in Sursilvan, in the standard language Rumantsch Grischun , as well as English. Sursilvan L uolp era puspei inagada fomentada. Cheu ha ella viu sin in p gn in tgaper che teneva in toc caschiel en siu bec. Quei gustass a mi, ha ella tertgau, ed ha clamau al tgaper Tgei bi che ti eis Sche tiu cant ei aschi bials sco tia cumparsa, lu eis ti il pli bi utschi da tuts . Rumantsch Grischun La vulp era pusp ina giada fomentada. Qua ha ella vis sin in pign in corv che tegneva in toc chaschiel en ses pichel. Quai ma gustass, ha ella pens , ed ha clam al corv Tge bel che ti es Sche tes chant usch bel sco tia parita, lura es ti il pli bel utsch da tuts . English The fox was hungry once again. There he saw a raven upon a fir holding a piece of cheese in its beak. I could just eat that, it thought, and shouted at the raven You are so beautiful If your singing is as beautiful as your looks, you are the most beautiful of all birds. Literature Gereon Janzing, R toromanisch Wort f r Wort , Reise Know How Verlag Rump, 2006. ISBN 3 89416 365 8 Deals in spite of its title only with Sursilvan . Alexi Decurtins, Niev vocabulari romontsch sursilvan tudestg Neues r toromanisches W rterbuch surselvisch deutsch , Chur 2001. ISBN 3 03900 999 0. Vieli Decurtins, Vocabulari tudestg romontsch sursilvan , Lia Rumantscha, 1994. Arnold Spescha, Grammatica sursilvana , Lehrmittelverlag Graub nden, Chur 1989. This grammar is entirely written in Romansh. Sursilvan literature is published among others by the Lia Rumantscha in Chur . Category Romansh language Category Languages of Switzerland Rhaeto Romance languages ie lang stub als Surselvisch ... more details
File Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha.png right Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha lang en Radio Television Swiss Rumantscha formerly known as Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha lang en Radio Television Rumantscha is a Switzerland Swiss broadcasting company part of SRG SSR id e suisse which offers programming to Romansh language Romansh speakers in Switzerland and around the world. History Image RTR Swiss television logo.png thumb RTR logo until 31 December 2010 The first radio program in Romansh was broadcast on 17 January 1925. The person responsible for this broadcast was Felix Huonder. Regular Romansh programming began in 1943. Las Cristallas , the Romansh radioscola radio school, or lecture s delivered by radio broadcast , premiered on 27 January 1955. Il Balcun Tort , the first television program in Romansh, was broadcast on 17 February 1963. This commemorated the 25th anniversary of Romansh s becoming Switzerland s fourth national language. Broadcasting Radio Radio Rumantsch is a Switzerland Swiss radio station broadcasting in Romansh language Romansh . Television Televisiun Rumantscha TvR is a Switzerland Swiss virtual television channel broadcasting in Romansh language Romansh . It doesn t have its own dedicated channel instead SF 1 , La 2 Switzerland La 2 and SF info air TvR programming for a few hours a day. It produces 90 minutes of television programmes a week. Its programmes comprise approximately of 50 hours of in house productions, 6 hours of programmes purchased from another broadcaster and 20 hours of special occasions. External links http www.rtr.ch Radio Televisiun Rumantscha in Romansh Portal Companies SSR Category Swiss television networks Category Swiss radio Category Publicly funded broadcasters Category SRG SSR Category Romansh language Europe tv station stub Switzerland stub de Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha es Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha eu Radio Televisiun Rumantscha fr Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha it RTR la Radio e Televisiun Rumant ... more details
Basilea is the Italian language Italian and Romansh language Romansh name for Basel , Switzerland s third most populous city. Basilea may also refer to 2033 Basilea , a main belt asteroid Basilea Pharmaceutica , a Switzerland based biopharmaceutical company Basilea Schlink 1904 2001 , German religious leader disambig Category Given names de Basilea it Basilea disambigua ... more details
File Logo La Quotidiana.svg thumb La Quotidiana is the only Romansh language Romansh daily newspaper. It is published by the S dostschweiz Mediengruppe and was founded in 1997 with support from the Romansh news agency Agentura da Novitads Rumantscha. The newspaper is based in Ilanz , previously in Chur . It is the successor of all Romansh newspapers, with the exception of the Surmiran Pagina da Surmeir . La Quotidiana is written in both the traditional varieties and the standardized language Rumantsch Grischun often more than half of the articles are written in Sursilvan , the variety with the largest number of speakers. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist http www.kleinreport.ch meld.phtml?id 49395 www.kleinreport.ch Information service for media http www.unige.ch ses spo staff corpsinter bochsler media laqu 01 02 2007 10 30.pdf www.unige.ch Geneva University PDF file 445 kB http books.google.de books?id xKYVayX2r4YC&pg PA752&dq 22La Quotidiana 22&lr &as drrb is q&as minm is 0&as miny is & as maxm is 0&as maxy is &as brr 0&as pt ALLTYPES books.google.de Book about history of the Romansh language External links http www.suedostschweiz.ch medien lq index.cfm Newspaper website in Romansh HLS 48178 DEFAULTSORT Quotidiana, La Category Newspapers published in Switzerland Category Romansh language Switzerland newspaper stub br La Quotidiana de La Quotidiana eo La Quotidiana it La Quotidiana la La Quotidiana rm La Quotidiana ... more details
Jauer may refer to Jauer Romansh , a variety of the Romansh language spoken in the Val M stair, Graub nden, Switzerland Jauer surname Duchy of Jawor German lang de Herzogtum Schweidnitz Jauer , a former Principality of the Holy Roman Empire, now part of Poland See also Jauerfood , a Danish company Jawor German lang de Jauer , a town in Poland disambig geo DEFAULTSORT Jauer Category German toponyms Category Slavic toponyms Category Slavic loanwords de Jauer ... more details
Merge Sursilvan dialects Romansh date June 2010 Refimprove date January 2009 Sursilvan is a group of dialects of the Romansh language . It is spoken in Surmeira and in the Albula Valley in Switzerland . The Hail Mary in Surmiran Salidada seias te, Maria, plagna da gratzga, igl Signer cun t , te ist la banadeida tranter las dunans, e banadia igl fretg digl ties best, Jesus. Sontga Maria, mama da dia, roia per nous putgants ossa e sen l oura da la nossa mort. Amen. External links http www.christusrex.org www1 pater JPN rum surmiran.html Rhaeto Romance languages Category Romansh language Ie lang stub ca Surmiran de Surmeirische Sprache eu Surmiran la Surmiran lmo Surmiran no Surmiransk rm Surmiran ... more details
Peider Lansel August 15, 1863 December 9, 1943 was a Swiss Romansh lyric poet. He is most known for having revived Romansh language Rhaeto Romansh as a literary language. His family was from Sent , Switzerland, although he was born in Pisa and worked as a merchant, as well as being a poet. External links http www.peiderlansel.ch Peider Lansel BAINVEGNI bot generated title at www.peiderlansel.ch http www.mindspring.com philipp gr uenga.txt The Districts of Obstana, Untertasna and Rem s from a personal website hosted on mindspring.com no idea of further source. Some facts, such as birth and death dates, from Britannica online. poet stub Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lansel, Peider ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1863 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1943 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lansel, Peider Category 1863 births Category 1943 deaths Category Swiss poets Category Romansh language writers Switzerland poet stub ca Peider Lansel de Peider Lansel es Peider Lansel eu Peider Lansel ia Peider Lansel it Peider Lansel la Petrus Lansel lmo Peider Lansel nl Peider Lansel pt Peider Lansel rm Peider Lansel ... more details
Piz Nair from Romansh black peak is the name of several mountains Piz Nair , near St. Moritz Piz Nair Tujetsch , near Sedrun Piz Nair Fuorn Pass , in the Swiss National Park geodis de Piz Nair fr Piz Nair nl Piz Nair ... more details
The initialism VFS can mean Valley Fault System , a dextral strike slip fault in the Philippines. Vancouver Film School , a school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver Film Studios , a film production centre in Vancouver, British Columbia SBB CFF FFS Viafiers federalas svizras , the Romansh language Romansh term for Swiss Federal Railways , the Swiss national railway. The abbreviation VFS is not used in the company s official name. Versioning file system , a file system which provides for the concurrent existence of several versions of a file Virtual file system , a file system acting as an abstraction layer on top of a more concrete file system Virtual Film Sheet VFS India Visa Facilitation Services , an organization in India for processing visa applications Visual FlagShip , a compiler by multisoft disambig de VFS ko VFS ... more details
for people named Roh Roh ROH can stand for Radius of Hollow , a measurement of the depth of the hollow grind on the bottom of an ice skate blade Revolu n odborov hnut , a historical 1945 1990 monopoly monopolistic communism communistic trade union labour union in former Czechoslovakia Ring of Honor , a national professional wrestling promotion in the United States Rohm and Haas , a major chemical manufacturing company Royal Opera House , London, England A generic alcohol The ISO 639 3 code for the Romansh language Romansh language R OH the symbol for the en.wikipedia.org wiki Alcohol Alcohol group. disambig Category Initialisms cs Roh de Roh it ROH sr OH ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image pizplatta surses.jpg thumb right Piz Platta as seen above the Julia Valley Julia Romansh language Romansh Gelgia is a river in the Grisons canton, eastern Switzerland . It is a tributary of the Albula river , which it meets in Tiefencastel . The road to the Julier Pass runs through the Julia valley. Coord 46 39 40 N 9 34 24 E type river region CH GR display title DEFAULTSORT Julia River Category Rivers of Switzerland Grisons geo stub de Julia Fluss eo Julio rivero fr Julia rivi re it Giulia fiume nn Julia elva rm Gelgia ... more details
unreferenced date February 2012 Die S dostschweiz Mediengruppe is a Switzerland Swiss media company publishing the following newspaper s Die S dostschweiz Chur , Glarus and Uznach B ndner Tagblatt Chur B ndner Woche Chur La Quotidiana Romansh language Romansh Chur Liechtensteiner Vaterland Vaduz Liechtensteiner Volksblatt Schaan Werdenberger & Obertoggenburger Buchs, St. Gallen Buchs March Anzeiger Lachen, Switzerland Lachen H fner Volksblatt Wollerau Bote der Urschweiz Schwyz Obersee Nachrichten Rapperswil The group employs approximately 1000 people. External links http www.suedostschweiz.ch S dostschweiz Mediengruppe web site switzerland newspaper stub DEFAULTSORT Sudostschweiz Mediengruppe Category Newspaper companies Category Media companies of Switzerland de S dostschweiz Medien ... more details
File ZZZ 30 008.jpg thumb Reformed church of Martina Martina rare Martinsbruck is a village in the Lower Engadine valley, in Graub nden , Switzerland . Its border crossing leads to Nauders in Austria . The village is part of the municipality of Tschlin . The language spoken here is Vallader dialect Romansh Vallader , the local dialect of Romansh language Romansch . References reflist External links commonscat Martina, Graub nden HDS 8125 Martina rm 1920 Engadin villages coord 46 53 N 10 28 E display title region CH GR type city source GNS enwiki Category Villages in Graub nden Category Populated places on the Inn river grisons geo stub de Martina GR it Martina Svizzera rm Martina ru ... more details
File Lia Rumantscha.jpg thumb Lia Rumantscha is an organization that promotes Romansh language usage and study. Established in 1919, its seat is in Chur . External links http www.liarumantscha.ch sites content index.html Web Site http www.liarumantscha.ch sites content index.html?lang2 en Lia Rumantscha in English Category Romansh language Category Language regulators Category Chur Category Organisations based in Switzerland lang stub de Lia Rumantscha es Lia Rumantscha eu Lia Rumantscha fr Ligue romanche hr Lia Rumantscha it Lia Rumantscha la Lia Rumantscha lmo Lia Rumantscha pt Lia Rumantscha rm Lia Rumantscha ... more details
Orphan date July 2011 Image J rgenberg Glockenturm.jpg thumb 250px J rgenberg chapel tower J rgenberg Romansh language Romansh Munt Sogn Gieri is a castle ruin located in Switzerland , near Waltensburg Vuorz Waltensburg , in Surselva , Graub nden . External links http www.swisscastles.ch Graubuenden jorgenberg.html Story of the castle with photographs fr icon Commons category Burg J rgenberg Waltensburg coord 46.7805 N 9.1382 E type landmark region CH GR display title DEFAULTSORT Jorgenberg Castle Category Castles in Switzerland Category Visitor attractions in Switzerland Category Buildings and structures in Graub nden Switzerland stub de Burg J rgenberg Waltensburg it Castello J rgenberg ... more details
File Logo SRR.JPG thumb SRR logo. The Societad Retorumantscha Sociedad Retorromanche, SRR is the oldest language association devoted to the promotion of the Romansh language . Established in 1885 , its seat is in Chur . It bears the responsibility of publishing the Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun . References translation ref rm Societad Retorumantscha reflist External links http www.e lir.ch e LIR Lexicon.2826.450.0.html SRR at Lexicon Istoric Retic http www.annalas.ch Informaziuns davart la SRR sin las paginas dal DRG Category Organizations established in 1885 Category Organisations based in Switzerland Category Chur Category Romansh language Category Language advocacy organizations lang stub Switzerland stub de Societad Retorumantscha es Societad Retorumantscha rm Societad Retorumantscha ... more details
Refimprove date February 2009 Liricas Analas is a Rapping rap crew from the canton of Graub nden , Switzerland . Their first album, Analogia , is the first rap album in the Romansh language . Citation needed date March 2008 Author and anthropologist Pascal Hofmeier notes that in choosing to rap in Romansh, a language spoken by only a few thousand people, yet instantly identifiable as Swiss, Liricas Analas takes the concept of Lokalpatriotismus local pride , which is so prevalent in the Swiss hip hop scene, to an extreme level. ref Hofmeier, Pascale. Identit tskonstruktion im Schweizerdeutschen Mundartrap Lokalpatriotische Wohlstandshiphopper? Identity Construction in Swiss German Dialect Rap Prosperous Hip Hoppers with Local Pride? . Facharbeit , Universit t Bern 2005. ref Their 2006 CD, AnalFaBad , contained the chart topping song Siemis . ref Liricas Analas, Liricas Analas CH Rap Hip Hop , http www.myspace.com liricas. ref Members Pius aka pddp Just Flepp Orange aka Pumaranza Spoon DJ Gionson DJ Suit Discography Analogia 2004 AnalFaBad 2006 Analectrica 2009 References Reflist External links http analas.ch Liricas Analas homepage DEFAULTSORT Analas, Liricas Category Swiss hip hop groups Category Romansh language hiphop band stub als Liricas Analas de Liricas Analas es Liricas Analas rm Liricas Analas fi Liricas Analas ... more details
Piz may refer to List of Enochian angels Piz , a cacodemon The Piz River , a Russian waterway Stosh Piz Piznarski , a fictional TV series character Piz is also http en.wikipedia.org w index.php?title Special Search&profile default&search Piz&fulltext Search part of the name of many mountains in places where Romansh is spoken, as it means peak in that language. The Piz Gloria is a rotating mountain top restaurant known for its Bond film association. Piz Buin Suncream Piz Buin is a suncream brand and eponymous mountain. disambig ... more details
Ferrera may refer to Ferrera , a municipality of the Grisons, Switzerland Val Ferrera , a valley in Graub nden, Switzerland Ferrera, the Romansh name of Schmitten, Graub nden Schmitten , Grisons, Switzerland Ferrera di Varese , Lombardy, Italy Ferrera Erbognone , Province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy See also America Ferrera geodis DEFAULTSORT Ferrera Category Italian toponyms an Ferrera desambigaci n de Ferrera eo Ferrera fr Ferrera homonymie it Ferrera ... more details
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