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To be fair, the article mentions Romansh and links to another article only about our fourth language[0] I agree the sample is not difficult to understand as a
by andimm 7y ago
To be fair, the article mentions Romansh and links to another article only about our fourth language[0]
I agree the sample is not difficult to understand as a nativ Swiss-German speaker. Only thing that comes to mind is that it's a Bernese (?) Swiss-German dialect which is not always easy to understand for 'proper' German speakers.
But in my opinion almost every single dialect in Switzerland has it's own specific words and almost every canton has it's own dialect so I wouldn't call them a language.
[0] http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180627-switzerlands-mysterious-fourth-language http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180627-switzerlands-myster...
- folli 7y agoThe article explicitly mentions St. Moritz (which you could call the epicenter of romansh) as a german speaking town.
- andimm 7y agoThat example raised my eyebrow as well while reading. My guess is, that it's be most famous example city for the eastern parts, although for British people Klosters would be a known alternative as well, their cable car booth is name "Prince of Wales" and in the Prättigau they rarely speak Romansh