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I speak Romansch (although poorly, by now), AMA. (Or even better, out yourself as a fellow speaker!)

by psuter 8y ago

ainar-g 8y ago
Do you foresee an enlargement in the total number of speakers? Why? Also, if I got it correctly, Romansh is one of Switzerland's national languages, so theoretically one could move to Graubünden and acquire Swiss citizenship through Romansh, and not French, German, or Italian?
- psuter 8y ago
  > Do you foresee an enlargement in the total number of speakers? Why? In total number of speakers, it's possible, and I think it's been the case historically (just by general population growth). In relative numbers (fraction of the population), it's been shrinking and I don't see this changing. Main reasons are that: a) as mentioned in the BBC article, people move, and it's very difficult to keep the language after one or two generations if you don't live in that region, b) even if you were to move to a Romansh-speaking area (as a Swiss national or as an immigrant), the incentive to learn is low because almost everyone also speaks (Swiss-)German. (just my non-expert opinion) > national language It has a slightly different status than the other 3 languages, Wikipedia explains it well [1]. I don't know if you could get citizenship that way but you'd definitely be on the news. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language#Official_status_at_the_federal_level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language#Official_stat...
- rconti 8y ago
  Is it somehow easier to acquire Swiss citizenship in Romansh vs more popular Swiss languages? Or somehow immigrating to Graubünden is easier than other areas of Switzerland? I don't get how this 'loophole' would work.
  - ibz 8y ago
    It's not a loophole. Just a fun corner case to think about.
sweettea 8y ago
Romansch music? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMP7Nw0E3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMP7Nw0E3g is the only Romansh song I've ever encountered in my American existence.
- psuter 8y ago
  MX3 is a platform curated by the national radio stations in all four languages. The playlist by Radio Rumantsch would be a good start: https://mx3.ch/p/2ev https://mx3.ch/p/2ev (not all the songs are in romansch in there, though).
- shobith 8y ago
  This sounds very familiar. Do you know any other variants of this song?
  - roetlich 8y ago
    Here is the english version: https://youtu.be/-w2m-TeLi6I https://youtu.be/-w2m-TeLi6I
rscho 8y ago
I still remember how to say "i am a very hungry hamster" from high school. Does that count? ;-D
- psuter 8y ago
  I think you mean 'guinea pig' :)

I speak Romansch (although poorly, by now), AMA. (Or even better, out yourself as a fellow speaker!)

by psuter 8y ago

I speak Romansch (although poorly, by now), AMA. (Or even better, out yourself as a fellow speaker!)

Do you foresee an enlargement in the total number of speakers? Why? Also, if I got it correctly, Romansh is one of Switzerland's national languages, so theoretically one could move to Graubünden and acquire Swiss citizenship through Romansh, and not French, German, or Italian?

psuter 8y ago
> Do you foresee an enlargement in the total number of speakers? Why? In total number of speakers, it's possible, and I think it's been the case historically (just by general population growth). In relative numbers (fraction of the population), it's been shrinking and I don't see this changing. Main reasons are that: a) as mentioned in the BBC article, people move, and it's very difficult to keep the language after one or two generations if you don't live in that region, b) even if you were to move to a Romansh-speaking area (as a Swiss national or as an immigrant), the incentive to learn is low because almost everyone also speaks (Swiss-)German. (just my non-expert opinion) > national language It has a slightly different status than the other 3 languages, Wikipedia explains it well [1]. I don't know if you could get citizenship that way but you'd definitely be on the news. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language#Official_status_at_the_federal_level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language#Official_stat...
rconti 8y ago
Is it somehow easier to acquire Swiss citizenship in Romansh vs more popular Swiss languages? Or somehow immigrating to Graubünden is easier than other areas of Switzerland? I don't get how this 'loophole' would work.
- ibz 8y ago
  It's not a loophole. Just a fun corner case to think about.

sweettea 8y ago

Romansch music? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMP7Nw0E3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMP7Nw0E3g is the only Romansh song I've ever encountered in my American existence.

psuter 8y ago
MX3 is a platform curated by the national radio stations in all four languages. The playlist by Radio Rumantsch would be a good start: https://mx3.ch/p/2ev https://mx3.ch/p/2ev (not all the songs are in romansch in there, though).
shobith 8y ago
This sounds very familiar. Do you know any other variants of this song?
- roetlich 8y ago
  Here is the english version: https://youtu.be/-w2m-TeLi6I https://youtu.be/-w2m-TeLi6I

rscho 8y ago

I still remember how to say "i am a very hungry hamster" from high school. Does that count? ;-D

psuter 8y ago
I think you mean 'guinea pig' :)