In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel ...

Microsoft is developing a language interface to allow PC users to run Romansh versions of its popular Windows and Office software as part of a project to use information technology to support minority ...

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CHUR, Switzerland — The people of this corner of Switzerland are arguing whether language is a matter of the heart or the pocketbook. Depending on whom you talk to in the steep, alpine enclaves of ...

Despite Romansh being one of Switzerland’s four national languages, less than 0.5% percent of Swiss can speak it. Despite Romansh being one of Switzerland’s four national languages, less than 0.5% ...

Language is something people use on a day to day basis, and it is incorporated in many different modalities, including but not limited to: oral, signed, written, imagery, and other representations.

This year's guest at the Leipzig Book Fair is Switzerland, showcasing its literature and the Romansh language. This official language in the land of the Alps may be threatened, but its literary scene ...

The Swiss Embassy in China recently launched the first-ever Romansh language week, the fourth national language of Switzerland, aiming at promoting Switzerland's linguistic and cultural diversity. The ...

The family correspondence of the Salis family in eastern Switzerland reveals complex patterns of language usage. Letters by family members during the late sixteenth century used their native Romansh ...