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5 unusual facts about Romansh language


Hans Herbjørnsrud

The team moved the story to Switzerland and substituted standard German, Swiss German, Romansh and various Swiss dialects for the original's languages and dialects.

Sberna

Galo dialect drift Italico (Lombard language), mixture of French, Italian and German or maybe the (Romansh) spoken in the Canton of Grisons (Graubünden (Switzerland), Lombardy (Italy) and Canton of Ticino (Switzerland), whose etymology seems to be very old and date back to the time of Gaul, which was inhabited by Celtic tribes, between present-Switzerland, part of Belgium, part of Austria and northern Italy.

Serfaus

In the 6th century the German speaking Bavarii started to inhabit the plateau, gradually extruding the Romansh from day to day language.

The Romansh language, which is still spoken in some parts of the Swiss Canton Graubünden, has survived in many of the regional field names.

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The fourth language, Romansh, is only spoken by 0.5% of the population, and those persons typically also speak either German or Italian.


Obersaxen

Right in the heart of the mainly Romansh-speaking Surselva (which encompasses the valley of the Vorderrhein, along with all of its side valleys, among others the Val Lumnezia), Obersaxen is an island of German-speakers.

Scheibenschlagen

In Danis (Swiss canton Graubünden) the custom is called trer schibettas (Rhaeto-Romanic for Scheibenschlagen).

Troccas

The cards are referred to in play by their Romansh (Rhæto-Romanic) names, but bear legends in French.


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