Romansh people
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The Romansh people (also spelled Romansch, Rumantsch, or Romanche; Romansh: rumantschs, rumàntschs, romauntschs or romontschs) are a Romance[2][3] ethnic group, the speakers of the Romansh language, native to the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden).
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Proportion of people declaring Romansh as their "language of best command" in Grisons (municipalities with more than 10% are shown), as of 2000. | |
Total population | |
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c. 45,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | c. 40,000 (2017)[1] |
![]() | c. 5,000 (2017)[1] |
Languages | |
Romansh, Swiss German | |
Religion | |
Christianity (majority Roman Catholic, Swiss Reformed) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
other Swiss; Friulians, Ladins, Lombards (Insubrians, Orobians) |
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The Romansh speaking population is collectively known as Rumantschia in Romansh (alternatively rumantschadad, Vallader: rumantschità, Sursilvan: romontschadad). This term has come to replace the German official legal term of "Gemeinschaft der Bündner Romanen" introduced in 1982.[4]
As of 2017[update], they make up close to 45,000 inhabitants of Switzerland, or 0.85% of its population, and close to 30,000 inhabitants of the canton of Grisons (or 14.7% of Grisons' population).[5][1]