rmTechnical information about ISO 639 language code rm
The table below provides technical details for the Romansh language, designated by the rm code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Romansh Native Rumantsch grischun |
| Family | Romance |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | SursilvanSutsilvanSurmiranPuterVallader |
| Related languages | LadinFriulianItalianOccitan |
| Key facts | Descends from the spoken Latin once used by Roman settlers in the AlpsConsists of five main idioms that are only partly mutually intelligibleA supra-regional written standard called Rumantsch Grischun was introduced in 1982Vocabulary includes numerous borrowings from German due to centuries of contactThe first complete Bible translation into Romansh appeared in 1679. |
| Sample phrase | Allegra, co vai? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Romansh belongs to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Romance subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Switzerland and is written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 40,000 speakers worldwide, primarily in the canton of Graubünden.
Speakers
40K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Romansh speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
rm-CH – Romansh (Switzerland)
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