Romansh people

Romansh
Romansh language areas are in magenta
Total population
Over 75,000
Regions with significant populations
 Switzerland 75,000 [1]
Languages

Romansh language, Swiss German

Religion

Christianity (majority Roman Catholic, Swiss Reformed), non-religious

Related ethnic groups

German Swiss, Italian Swiss, French Swiss

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 (both the standard variety and the local Swiss German) and sometimes Italian, which are the other official language of Graubünden, the canton where they are concentrated.

They make up about 1% of Switzerland's population and 15% of Graubünden's.[2][1]

Notable Romansh people

References

  1. ^ a b CIA World Factbook - Switzerland
  2. ^ (German) (Italian) Canton of Graubünden Website accessed October 26, 2008