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> Romansh is believed to have originated around 15BC when the Romans conquered Rhaetia, which is now Graubünden. Romansh is the result of the combination of the
by davidw 8y ago
> Romansh is believed to have originated around 15BC when the Romans conquered Rhaetia, which is now Graubünden. Romansh is the result of the combination of the Vulgar Latin spoken by soldiers and colonists, and Rhaetian, the language of the native people.
Be interesting to hear more about that.
Similar languages exist in Italy, by the way:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friulian_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friulian_language
And there are also Germanic dialects that are isolated within Italy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Italy#Non-Romance_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Italy#Non-Romance...
Fascinating stuff!
- pecg 8y agoI share the same fascination you have. I'm always interested in how our brains collectively developed ways to communicate through spoken languages, it makes wonder how things will change a thousand years from now. I'm sure some developing patterns could arise.
- tigershark 8y agoAnd don’t forget in south Italy ancient Albanian (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbëresh_language https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbëresh_language) And Ancient Greek (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabrian_Greek https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabrian_Greek)