For other uses of the word Romansh , see Romansh Infobox Ethnic group group Romansh image caption 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 , non religion related German Swiss , Italian Swiss , French Swiss Image Map Languages CH.png right thumb 200px Romansh language areas are in purple 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 re 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 Switzerland Category Romance peoples Euro ethno group stub als R toromanen cs R torom ni da R toromanere de R toromanen nl Reto Romanen ru ... more details
Infobox Language name Romansh nativename Rumantsch familycolor Indo European states flag Switzerland ... iso2 roh iso3 roh Romansh also spelled Romansch , Rumants c h, or Romanche Romansh rumantsch rumauntsch ... s least used national language in terms of number of speakers. Dialects Romansh is an umbrella term ... are spoken in northern Italy . Ladin , to which Romansh is more closely related, is spoken by some ... by between 550,000 and 595,000 people in northeastern Italy. The five largest dialects in the Romansh ... to mean Romansh . However, ladin is primarily associated with the closely related language in Italy s Dolomite mountains also known as Ladin language Ladin . As Chur was once the centre of Romansh ... speak German Romansh survives only in the upper valleys of the River Rhine Rhine and the River Inn Inn . Standardisation Romansh was nationally standardised in 1982 by Z rich based linguist Heinrich Schmid . The standardised language, called Rumantsch Grischun Romansh of Grisons is promoted by the Lia Rumantscha , the umbrella organization for all Romansh associations. On the orthography orthographic ... deemed unfit for a Romance language such as Romansh therefore, words with IPA t plus IPA e or IPA ... for IPA t is taken over from German language German , making Romansh spelling a compromise between ... dialects. ref name Swissinfo March 6, 2011 cite news last MacNamee first Terence title Romansh speakers rebel against standard language url http www.swissinfo.ch eng culture Romansh speakers rebel ... 6, 2011 ref Official status in Switzerland Romansh has been recognised as one of four national languages ... in 1996, meaning that Romansh speakers may use their Romansh idiom for correspondence with the federal government and expect to receive a Romansh response in Rumantsch Grischun, because ... that only native Romansh speakers can claim this privilege. ref See art. http www.admin.ch ch .... On the legal status of Romansh generally, see cite news first last author Isobel Leybold Johnson ... 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 Rhaeto Romance languages 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 Rhaeto Romance languages ie lang stub Rhaeto Romance languages ca Sotaselv de Sutselvische Sprache eu Sutsilvan la Sutsilvan lmo Sutsilvan hu Sutsilvan nyelvj r s 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. Uniun dals Grischs und Lia Rumantscha 1983 Vallader grammar written in French . Vallader literature ... 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. 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 beauitful 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 Rhaeto Romance languages Category Languages of Switzerland Rhaeto Romance languages ie lang stub ... 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 . The channel is operated and run by Radio Television Rumantscha which in turn is part of SRG SSR id e suisse . 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 Europe tv station stub Switzerland stub de Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha es Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha eu Radio Televisiun Rumantscha fr Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha la Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha rm Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha ... 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 ... more details
Sils, Girona Sils is the name of a municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia comarca of Selva in Catalonia. Sils is the name of following municipalities in the canton of Graub nden , Switzerland Sils im Engadin Segl , consisting of Sils Maria und Sils Baselgia Romansh Segl Sils im Domleschg Romansh Seglias geodis de Sils fr Sils it Sils ja SILS ... 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
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
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 cs Roh de Roh it ROH ... 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 Switzerland geo stub de Julia Fluss fr Julia rivi re it Giulia fiume ... more details
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 approx. 1000 people. External links http www.suedostschweiz.ch S dostschweiz Mediengruppe switzerland newspaper stub DEFAULTSORT Sudostschweiz Mediengruppe Category Newspaper companies Category Media companies of Switzerland de S dostschweiz Mediengruppe ... more details
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 Commonscat Burg J rgenberg Waltensburg coord 46.7805 N 9.1382 E type landmark region CH GR display title Category Castles in Switzerland Category Visitor attractions in Switzerland Category Buildings and structures in Graub nden Switzerland stub de Burg J rgenberg Waltensburg ... 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 Switzerland newspaper stub br La Quotidiana de La Quotidiana eo La Quotidiana it La Quotidiana la La Quotidiana rm La Quotidiana ... 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 Switzerland stub Euro writer 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
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
Image Safiental01.JPG thumb Safiental, view to the Safierberg Image Safien01.JPG thumb Safiental, view to Glaspass and Piz Beverin The Safien valley Safiental is an Swiss Alps alpine valley of the Canton of Grisons , branching off the Vorderrhein valley. Part of the Surselva district, it comprises the four municipalities of Valendas , Versam , Tenna, Switzerland Tenna und Safien . Formerly inhabited by Romansh language Romansh speakers, it was settled by the Walser in the late 13th century. Population fell from 1,798 in 1850 to 994 in 1980 and has since stabilized just above 1,000. External links commons Safien http www.safiental.ch switzerland stub coord 46 41 48 N 9 19 28 E display title region CH GR type city source dewiki Category Valleys of Graub nden Category Valleys of the Alps de Safiental rm Val Stussavgia ... more details
Image Tarasp 03.jpg thumb 250px Tarasp and Castle Tarasp Castle German language German Schloss Tarasp , Romansh language Romansh Chast da Tarasp is a castle located in Switzerland , near Tarasp , in Lower Engadin , Graub nden . External links Commonscat Schloss Tarasp Tarasp Castle http www.schloss tarasp.ch Official website de icon http www.swisscastles.ch Graubuenden tarasp d.html Story of the castle with photos de icon fr icon http www.myswitzerland.com en.cfm travel timetravel offer Travel Timetravel Attractions 17623.html Tarasp Castle webpage on Switzerland s tourist office coord 46 46 44 N 10 15 42 E type landmark region CH GR display title Category Castles in Switzerland Category Visitor attractions in Switzerland Category Buildings and structures in Graub nden Switzerland stub de Schloss Tarasp pnb rm Chast da Tarasp ... more details
Infobox Glacier glacier name Vadrec del Forno image name Forno.PNG caption type location Graub nden , Switzerland coordinates coord 46 19 28 N 9 42 5 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 6 km thickness terminus status The Forno Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadrec del Forno is a 6 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bregaglia Range in the canton of Graub nden in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 8.72 km . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers forno.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Graub nden geo stub de Fornogletscher eo Forno Gla ero fr Glacier de Forno pl Vadrec del Forno ... more details
Infobox Glacier glacier name Vadrec da l Albigna image name Albigna01.PNG caption Lake Albigna and glacier type location Graub nden , Switzerland coordinates coord 46 18 19 N 9 38 41 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 3.5 km thickness terminus status The Albigna Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadrec da l Albigna is a 3.5 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bregaglia Range in the canton of Graub nden in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 3.53 km . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers albigna.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Graub nden geo stub de Albignagletscher eo Albigna Gla ero pl Vadrec da l Albigna ... more details
Infobox Glacier glacier name Vadret da Roseg image name Vadret da Roseg.jpg caption type location Graub nden , Switzerland coordinates coord 46 23 19 N 9 50 44 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 4 km thickness terminus status The Roseg Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadret da Roseg is a 4 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bernina Range in the canyon of Graub nden in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 8.52 km . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers roseg.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Graub nden geo stub de Roseggletscher eo Roseg Gla ero fr Glacier Roseg pl Vadret da Roseg ... more details
Infobox Glacier glacier name Vadret da Tschierva image name ValRoseg.jpg caption Vadret da Tschierva type location Graub nden , Switzerland coordinates coord 46 24 11 N 9 52 16 E type glacier region CH GR display inline,title area length 4 km thickness terminus status The Tschierva Glacier Romansh language Romansh Vadret da Tschierva is a 4 km long glacier 2005 situated in the Bernina Range in the canton of Graub nden Grisons in Switzerland . In 1973 it had an area of 6.2 km . See also List of glaciers in Switzerland Swiss Alps Glaciers External links http glaciology.ethz.ch messnetz glaciers tschierva.html Swiss glacier monitoring network Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Glaciers of the Alps Graub nden geo stub de Tschiervagletscher eo Tschierva Gla ero fr Glacier Tschierva pl Vadret da Tschierva ... more details
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