Romansch

• “In the rugged highlands of the Swiss Grisons bordering upon Italy, we find a pure Alpine stock, known to the ancients as the Rhaetians, speaking a degenerate Latin tongue called Romansch, which still persists also under the names of Ladino and Frioulian in the”

  Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography

• “Used by some 0.5% of the population, Romansch gained the status as a national language in 1996.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Switzerland's Rugged Alpine Gem

• “Today, all of the Engadine is primarily bilingual Romansch and German; and all road signs are in German and Romansch.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Switzerland's Rugged Alpine Gem

• “In the Lower Engadine , more so than in the Upper part of the valley; the main language spoken is Romansch.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Switzerland's Rugged Alpine Gem

• “Ethnic groups: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%”

  Switzerland

• “Twenty will take their oath in German, 11 in French, one in Italian and one in Romansch.”

  Archive 2008-05-04

• ““This novel rated PG-15 for mature themes, language (Romansch), and the reinvention of democracy””

  | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"

• ““This novel rated PG-15 for mature themes, language (Romansch), and the reinvention of democracy ….””

  Greetings to the Instapunditry | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"

• “That's the position taken by the Swiss state towards its three principal language though it seems not towards Romansch.”

  Everybody's A Nationalist

• “Friulian, Ladin, and Romansch are separate languages (R.A. Hall, Jr. 1978, personal communication).”

  Dante in what?!?

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