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Romanian has inherited about 2000 Latin words through Vulgar Latin, sometimes referred to as Danubian Latin in this context, that form the essential part of the lexis and without them communication would not be possible. 500 of these words are found in all other Romance languages, and they include prepositions and conjunctions (ex: cu, de, pe, spre), numerals (ex: unu, doi, trei), pronouns (ex ...
Romansh (also spelled Romansch, Rumansch and Rumantsch) may refer to: Romansh language , a Romance language of the Rhaeto-Romance group, spoken in southeastern Switzerland Romansh people , people who speak this language
This viewpoint was countered with the belief that the Romansh language was a hybrid of both Italian and German, allowing the Romansh speakers to have a moderate understanding of the other two more widely used languages. By the mid-19th century, amidst a dwindling Romansh-speaking population, a renaissance of sorts appeared.
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Tuatschin is a variant of the Sursilvan dialect of the Romansh that is spoken in Cadi, Tujetsch, [2] and Val Medel. This dialect is markedly different from Sursilvan. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
The Romansh people (also spelled Romansch, Rumantsch, or Romanche; Romansh: rumantschs, rumàntschs, romauntschs or romontschs) are a Romance [2] [3] ethnic group, the speakers of the Romansh language, native to the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden).
The comparative method used by linguists to build family language trees is based on the assumption that the member languages evolved from a single proto-language by a sequence of binary splits, separated by many centuries.
The 13 th century saw the first works of literature written in Roman vernacular, such as Storie de Troja et de Roma (Stories of Troy and of Rome, an anonymous translation of Multae historiae et Troianae et Romanae, a historical compilation by another anonymous author) and Le miracole de Roma (The marvels of Rome, translation of Mirabilia Urbis Romae), characterized by a coexistence of Latin ...