Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Rhaeto-Romance language that is an official language of Switzerland.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Rhæto-Romanic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The minority
Romance language ofSwitzerland - one of theRhaeto-Romance languages
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in southeastern Switzerland; it is an official language of Switzerland
- adjective of or relating to the Romansh language
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It has language problems (Romansh is losing ground), but they are not major, and they are never allowed to threaten national unity.
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When it comes to language controversies, the heartfelt debate over Romansh is hardly new.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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The people of Val Müstair were "pioneers" in adopting RG, says Urs Cadruvi , the head of the Lia Rumantscha, which promotes Romansh.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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To give Romansh the critical mass to survive—and to cut down on translation costs—Bern quickly adopted as the official language a standardized version cobbled together from various dialects.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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Today, its villagers are up in arms over authorities' attempt to push a sort of Romansh Esperanto on locals—one that officials defend as the only chance to save one of the last living relics of the Latin language.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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Alamy The Santa Maria village in the Romansh stronghold of Val Müstair, which is at the center of an argument over the best way to save the language.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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But instead of uniting Romansh speakers for the first time in history, RG is dividing them, with a particularly bitter skirmish now breaking out in school classrooms.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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The result is Romansh Grischun, or RG, as it was immediately dubbed.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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But opponents argue that dialects are the only way to save Romansh.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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Agence France-Presse / Getty Images A traffic sign written in Romansh in the tiny village of Zuoz.
Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift Deborah Ball 2011
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