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Romansch

Member of the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken by some 50,000 people in the eastern cantons of Switzerland. It was accorded official status in 1937 alongside French, German, and Italian. It is also known among scholars as Rhaeto-Romanic.
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Now the train announcements are made first in Romansh, the Rhaeto-Romanic language that is only spoken by 60,000 Swiss.
Transforming a village into a hotel: in the battle against the 'cold ... by Heddema, Renske / Swiss News
German and French are the main languages spoken in Switzerland with a few speaking Italian or Rhaeto-Romanic.
For the record by The Mirror (London, England)
Perhaps he believes all Swisscitizens should be compelled to speak Rhaeto-Romanic,or Romansch,a Latin-based language with strands of Rhaeto-Celtic,Italian and German.
FORTHRIGHT & FEARLESS by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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