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| Title | Romansh Article: In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/europe/29swiss.html?_r=1&ref=worl In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles By JOHN TAGLIABUE September 28, 2010 Romansh is the direct descendant of the Latin that was spoken in these mountain valleys at the height of the Roman empire, and shares the same Latin roots as French, Italian or Spanish. So isolated were the people who spoke it in their deep valleys that not one, but five, dialects grew up, though the differences are not substantial. Only a few decades ago, Romansh was looked upon as the patois of the poor country yokel; today it is experiencing a tenuous rebirth thanks to grass-roots revival programs and government support. Switzerland declared it an official language in 1996, though with limited status compared with the country’s other official languages — German, French and Italian — and now spends about $4 million a year to promote it. Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/europe/29swiss.html?_r=1&ref=worl |
| Source | New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2010-10-09 01:59:31 |
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