Rumantsch – Get to know (and fall in love with) Switzerland’s endangered language | PGO 2021

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Swiss people travelling abroad sometimes get asked “How does your language sound? Tell me something in Swiss”. As you might know, Switzerland does not have one unique language spoken in the whole country. In fact, different regions use different languages and the national administration is fully trilingual (German, French and Italian). There is however another officially recognized but less known language spoken in the south-eastern part of the Swiss Alps. This is Rumantsch (or Romansh), which has five different regional varieties (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) and is still seen by many as a mysterious language.
Believe me! This melodic language will not deceive you! Learn the basics of this language and discover a rich culture, beautiful music and unique literature hidden in the Swiss mountains! Come and join us! Let’s together raise the awareness around this endangered language, spoken by around 60,000 speakers in Switzerland. I fell in love it, I hope you will as well! Are you in?

Lawrence Zünd is a political analyst and researcher with a passion for languages and the cultures related to them. Raised up in a trilingual environment, he started learning Latin and ancient Greek at school. He has spent several years living in different countries around the world, every time learning the local language to be able to better understand his environment and interact with the people. Today, he speaks eleven languages and has a passive understanding of a few others. He enjoys meeting people, so do not hesitate to get in touch with him!

This video was recorded at the Polyglot Gathering Online 2021 (https://www.polyglotgathering.com).