10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROMANSCH»
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Romansch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Romansch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The history of Raeto-Romansch reaches back to the Roman Empire when the
Raetian people inhabited a huge mountainous area from the Rhine to the
Adriatic. The Raetians became fully latinised and remained so until the barbarian
...
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Language Ideological Debates
In section 2, I gave a brief summary of the situation for Romansch, and I argued
that the ideology of dialect might also be seen as helping to construct the present
opposition to Romansch Grischun. The reason for this is quite simple. All native ...
3
Webster's
Romansch to English Crossword Puzzles: Level 1
Though highly entertaining, if not addictive, this crossword puzzle book covers some 500 translations. In this book, hints are in Romansch, answers are in English.
Group International Icon Group International, 2007
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Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Language Planning: Romansch in Switzerland Romansch is one of the four
official languages of Switzerland. While the other three, German, French and
Italian. have official status at federal level, Romansch only has official status in
the ...
Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones, 1998
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Webster's English to
Romansch Crossword Puzzles: Level 1
Though highly entertaining, if not addictive, this crossword puzzle book covers some 500 translations. In this book, hints are in English, answers are in Romansch.
Group International Icon Group International, 2007
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Languages in Contact: French, German and
Romansch in ...
Based on the author's fieldwork, this title contains a detailed report on language contact in Switzerland in the first half of the 20th century, especially along the French-German linguistic border and between German and Romansh in the ...
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The Alps: A Cultural History
Romansch is a hybrid of Latin, Italian and Swiss-German, and in many towns and
villages in the remoter parts of the Graubünden people can be heard greeting
each other with allegro (“hello”) or bun di (“good morning”) or buna saira (“good ...
8
The Dynamic of Secession
For instance, the Romansch community of the Graubunden canton formally
requested a constitutional amendment to declare its language as the fourth
national language of Switzerland in 1935. In a referendum three years later, 92
per cent of ...
9
A Hand-Book for Travellers in Switzerland, and the Alps of ...
(See Rte. 92.) The Romansch or Runwnsch Language. The Romansch (properly
the RetoRomansch) language is one of those which, in the course of the middle
ages, took their rise from the common or Rustic Latin (Lingua Romana rustica), ...
10
A hand-book for travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of ...
74 centimes. 1 Fr. fr.=34 Grison kreutzers. 1 Brabant dollar=3 Gris. flor. 20 kr. □
The Grison florin, or gulden, is composed of GO kr., or 70 blutzgers. 1 batz.=5
blutzgers. The Romansch Language. A newspaper is printed at Coire in the
Lingua ...
John Murray, John Murray (publishers.), 1838
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROMANSCH»
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Romansch is used in the context of the following news items.
Where chest-baring glampires roam: Touring Eurovision's musical …
The town is a playground for polyglots -- Romansch, German, Italian and French are all spoken in the region -- and millionaires, too. Stay: First opened in 1856, ... «CNN, May 15»
Senior thesis: Study abroad inspires project on languages, education
In her thesis, Walker explores how the main languages in Switzerland — French, German, Italian and Romansch — are used across the country's cantons ... «Princeton University, Apr 15»
Swisscom 'Pulse Challenge' is...
The Swiss population speaks four separate major languages: French, German, Italian and Romansch, meaning all traditional media has to apply to these ... «Marketing magazine Australia, Mar 15»
Reflections: The Art of Teaching Asian Medicine
Over the past three decades, my global workshops have been translated into German, Swiss German, French, Romansch, Spanish, Lithuanian and Xhosa. «Acupuncture Today, Feb 15»
North Wales orchestra link up with a Swiss choir
Urs Cadruvi, director of Lia Rumantscha, the Swiss-based organisations which promotes the Romansch language, hailed the new cultural exchange link, ... «Daily Post North Wales, Feb 15»
The laid-back multiculturalism of Switzerland
Adding to the mix is the Romansch-speaking people in the eastern part of the country, making up more than 0.7 percent of the population. And as if it were not ... «Jakarta Post, Feb 15»
St Moritz: A Rolls-Royce of a ski town
The gentle babble of French, Italian and local Romansch hangs in the air. As I step from the little red train sparkling in the January sun, a liveried chauffeur offers ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
Check out the Swiss-French and Swiss-Italian candidates!
The Swiss-German and Romansch broadcaster can together nominate 9 candidates, the Swiss-French broadcaster 6, and the Swiss-Italian 3. In the end, on ... «Eurovision.tv, Nov 14»
How languages are like food
There are several dialects of Romansh, and depending on the dialect, the name of the language is spelled Romansch, Rumantsch, or Romanche. What does it ... «The Week Magazine, Oct 14»
Happy birthday SKIING!
The beautiful views down the Engadin valley, home to many of Switzerland's Romansch speakers, were nowhere to be seen. So, shoulders hunched, I poled ... «Ski Club of Great Britain, Oct 14»
