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).
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) |
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]