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	Romansh language, alphabet and pronunciation
		Romansh, which is also known as Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche or Rhaeto-Romansch, is not in fact a single language but rather a cluster of closely-related dialects.
		A standardised written form, known as Rumantsch Grischun (Graubünden Romansh) was created in 1982 by Heinrich Schmid, a linguist from Zurich, though it isn't particularly popular with speakers, who prefer to use their own dialects and often use German to communicate with speakers of different dialects.
		Romansh first appeared in print in 1552 in a catechism by Jacob Bifrun called Christiauna fuorma, which he wrote in the Engadine dialect.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/romansh.htm (496 words)

	Romansh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is one of the four national languages of Switzerland, along with German, Italian and French.
		Romansh is an umbrella term covering a group of closely-related dialects, spoken in southern Switzerland and all belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance language family.
		Romansh was standardised in 1982 by Zürich-based linguist Heinrich Schmid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Romansh_language (946 words)

	_ Romansh Romanche language speak speaking Switzerland guide romansh romanche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Romansh, the third official language of Graubünden, is the fourth language of Switzerland and the principal everyday tongue of some seventy thousand people.
		In 1996 a second constitutional amendment elevated Romansh to the status of a semi-official language of the Confederation, thereby preserving its status amongst Romansh communities, guaranteeing its appearance on official documents such as passports and in legislation affecting Romansh areas, and eliminating the requirement for Romansh-speakers to use any other language.
		Romansh itself, however, is not a unified whole: there is a welter of different dialects, each of which can vary dramatically from the others.
	switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/graubunden/romansh.html (485 words)

	Romansh faces a silent future (eng, NZZ Online)
		According to Anton Killias, a leading member of the largest Romansh expat community in German:speaking Zurich, this is because of the lack of prospects at home.
		An estimated 50 per cent of spouses are not native speakers of Romansh.
		Romansh speakers are nowadays bilingual in German, which they often use at work or as a source of news and information.
	www.nzz.ch /2006/09/20/eng/article7056870.html (725 words)

	swissinfo - Romansh media bolsters wavering Romansh identity
		Romansh newspapers, radio and television face many challenges as they try to cater to the needs of different Romansh speakers.
		The Romansh people, who are mostly based in the southeastern Swiss canton of Graubünden, have their own press agency, Agentura da Novitads Rumantscha (ANR), and daily newspaper, La Quotidiana.
		The impact of traditional media is also far reaching, especially as many Romansh speakers, who are bilingual, are used to accessing news and information in German.
	www.swissinfo.org /eng/feature/detail/Media_bolsters_wavering_Romansh_identity.html?siteSect=108&sid=6947622 (745 words)

	Bainvegni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Scuntrada is by far and away the largest Romansh festival.
		It is organised once every three years, with a full programme of events covering all aspects of Romansh - the language itself, its history, current status, literature, music and much more.
		The motto for 2000 is “Romansh on the Move”.
	www.romansh.ch (368 words)

	Introduction course
		It used to be the case that nearly all the material for learning Romansh was available in German only.
		If you want to learn Romansh and you understand German, our advice is still that you should use the extensive German-based resources rather than this course.
		It has been adapted from the standard Romansh course devised by Gieri Menzli and published by the Lia Rumantscha (with illustrations by Simon Jacomet).
	www.romansh.ch /30000.html (629 words)

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