Hey for all the Swiss Romash speakers listen up, I may have good news. I am from Mexico and I am becoming a polyglot and Rumantsch is a language which I have interest in learning, I use an app called Tandem and they did not have the language in their list, so I contacted the developers of the app and asked them about adding it and they answered me back and they said that they were going to think about adding it, they said it in a very positive way, now they are going to contact me in a few days about the topic. If they say yes buckle up. There are people like me waiting to learn and talk Rumantsch.
@@nadamawsouf3925 Oh my goodness I am really sorry for mistaking you for a man, it was not my intention. I saw your picture and I saw it a bit hard to distinguis, but I am extremly sorry now that I know.
Hey for all the Swiss Romash speakers listen up, I may have good news. I am from Mexico and I am becoming a polyglot and Rumantsch is a languahe which I have interest in learning, I use an app called Tandem and they did not have the language in their list, so I contacted the developers of the app and asked them about adding it and they answered me back and they said that they were going to think about adding it, they said it in a very positive way, now they are going to contact me in a few days about the topic. If they say yes buckle up. There are people like me waiting to learn and talk Rumantsch.
Oscar Guzman awesome! Thanks for this huge favor to the humankind. I was thinking about Duolingo. They don't have Romanch so far, but you could handle it too :D. Greetings from a Brazilian polyglot
As a Swiss person from the French Speaking (Suisse Romandie), this brings a tear of joy to my eye. Even when I lived in Switzerland, we were not taught much about Rumantsch, it was always a mystery even though it’s the only 100% Swiss language. It’s amazing to see native speakers and children being taught this amazing language. Btw: my family origin is actually from Graubünden, but the Italian speaking part. Siempre Grigioni!!!!
As a Kurd who is worried about the future of his own language and also other minority languages I got so emotional. I hope these people never give up and Swiss government will support it in a better way to make people feel proud of their language and that they can survive by speaking their own language in cities too.❤
My mother is Italian and my father is German and French. I feel attracted to Rumatsch because it is like taking these languages and mixing them together into something very special and unique!
I´m Argentinian and a long time ago I met a Swiss man who spoke Romansh. I didn´t know by then that this language even existed. He also spoke Italian, English and French.
Merci pour la vidéo; c’était très intéressante! En tant que Québéco-américain je crois pouvoir comprendre mieux que la personne moyenne ce que vous dites sur la survivance. Je n’ai jamais compris pourquoi la Suisse n’a pas une seule langue officielle (le romanche) tout en offrant un soutien et un encouragement pour apprendre les autres langues déjà parlées mais les rendant secondaires. Le monde a déjà plein de francophones, de germanophones, et d’italophones; il devrait y avoir de la place pour les locuteurs de romanche. Comme on dit icitte : « Lâchez pas la patate! » Bonne chance et bonne continuation!
Cleiton Dos Santos De Carvalho Tom, you can listen to their music and support their artists. That's what I do, since I live in Egypt and cannot use it here too.
Voces tem 180 idiomas indigenas que podem apreender, mas tbm outras linguas minoritarias, por exemplo o talian se voce quer apreender um idioma que e semelhante ao rumanstch
@@charlesdeschampsdeboishebe9672 It is very hard to learn an indigenous brazilian language. Generally there's no content on internet. The most part of those 180 languages is private to a small group in distant places of most of brazilians since most of us are concentrated in the litoral and center-south of the country. But some cities got to officialize indigenous languages in their city. Nheengatu is taught in the University of São Paulo. There's a serious movement to save those languages
I may not be able to understand it, but the musi is so soothing and beutiful! Kudos to the artist! May your language thrive and survive to the upcoming generation! Romansch/Rumansch is a beutiful language! Una lingua bella! Me encanto el idioma! Alguien puedo ayudarme aprende el tal idioma?
I came here because my 23andme DNA test said I likely have strong ancestral connections to Grisons in Switzerland. I was curious and this was quite informative. Thanks.
My native language is Swiss-German, I have a French-speaking mother and at school I learned Italien. So for me the logical consequence is to learn Rumantsch (the most beautiful language of Switzerland) - which I do since 6 month. 🙏🏼🥰
Sehr wichtig , spricht mit Kinder nur reines Romansh , auch wenn die Kinder in andere Sprache antworten . So werden die Sprache lernen ohne Problemen und später werden sie stolz darauf sein so eine schöne Sprache sprechen zu können
Romansh people use romanian names. Why? Ionut is one of them and my name is Ionut. Some of them live in the region of Venice close to istro-romanians, interesting... We might be related. I see they have an eastern orientation. Some others live in Lichtenstein. We both love mountains and maybe transhumation for being shepards.
This is a great documentary. I truly believe that the language should be conserved 180% and written "Svissera", pronounced "Soissera" in my dialect, should be compulsory in all of Switzerland. I am from America, but somehow came across a very tiny book here in Chicago, maybe 40 pages, which tries to lay out Rumantscha for a student. Rumantsha, for me (only in my ear) is a very rare hybrid of maybe northern Italian dialects, with a strong Germanic overtone, and elements from Latin (everything ends with "s" when plural). From what I could make out in the small book, the grammar is Latin based + Germanic vocabulary and declensions, with a smidgit of French sounds when spoken. It is truly a beautiful language. I do not know German at all, but cases (declensions?) are in existence. For English speaking people, this concept is the most difficult thing to grasp since we do not have them, nor is it easy to even feel them. My mother's family is originally from Piemounte, north of Torino, cioe ent le muntagn. Mi parlou un po de patoa (o dialeu), m' a-i'e na lenga c'me un po drola. So, your language is very different than my dialect, ours has roots mostly in Utzitana e Italiana, but there are some things I see in your language, when written, such as "Nus Essan", I believe I understand. Nus Essan, I assume, means "We Are", which is "N'jet i San" where my mom's family is from. Another word I heard was "Animals". If I remember correctly, the word that was used from a Romantsca speaker on you tube was pronounced "Bestche", we spell it "Bestia", and pronunce it as written "Bestia", instead of Animale. I would be very interested in learning Rumantsha. It is a pity we do not have a historical immigration who would have brought it here. Best of wishes with this and hopefully "la toa lenga a viv cun le gent e le famie". Bona furtuna e grassie tanta tanta la Madamisella.
Very interesting film. I first came across this language when reading a National Geographic article from the mid-60s called "The Alps, Man's Own Mountains". It had a text of a Rumantsch proverb. The words had a strange resemblance to classical Latin. Now I read that linguists classify Rumantsch as a Gallo-Romance language, which implies it has a common origin with French!
Je ne comprends pas pourquoi ils parlent anglais s'ils sont si fiers de leur langue, une langue très similaire aux dialectes parlés en Italie . Le canton des Grisons dont ils sont originaires se trouve à quelques kilomètres de la frontière avec l'Italie, leurs noms sont les mêmes que les italiens. Je suis de Rome mais j'ai pu comprendre tout ce qu'ils ont dit ......... Nous espérons que ce patrimoine culturel ne sera pas perdu.
Lo entiendo que ha escrito ( je comprend français quand écrit ...désolé) pero soy nativo de Londres entonces hablo inglés y hablo un poco de este lengua- castellano. ¿ Quizás estudias una otra lengua? Inglés es útil pero un idioma de Latin sea más fácil a ti? ¡Suerte!
Non capisco perche' parlano in inglese se sono cosi' orgogliosi della loro lingua,una lingua molto molto simili ai dialetti parlati in Italia del nord.Il Canton dei Grigioni da dove loro provengono e' a pochi chilometri dal confine con l'Italia.I loro cognomi sono uguali a quelli italiani. Io sono di Roma ma ho potuto capire tutto cio' che dicevano.........Speriamo che non si perda questo patrimonio culturale.
Less English, more Romontsch. I expect to hear the language how it sounds. Without translators, comments in English or disturbing music. Don't talk ABOUT the language in English. Present us THE LANGUAGE ITSELF. Unplugged.
Ich verstehe nicht, warum sie Englisch sprechen, wenn sie so stolz auf ihre Sprache sind, eine Sprache, die den in Italien gesprochenen Dialekten sehr ähnlich ist Der Kanton Graubünden, aus dem sie stammen, liegt nur wenige Kilometer von der Grenze zu Italien entfernt. Ihre Nachnamen sind dieselben wie die italienischen. Ich komme aus Rom, aber ich konnte alles verstehen, was sie sagten ......... Wir hoffen, dass dieses kulturelle Erbe nicht verloren geh
Became Independent ? Switzerland is gorgeous, but seem a bit weird - I mean who invented the shape of Toblerone just so you can stack more of them on top of each ither? And cellophane? And The Red Cross? And a different sized flag to everyone else? And Helvetica - so bloody conspicuous...er, London has the Swiss Glockenspiel & canton flag pole ( sadly missed Swiss Centre)..now outside the EU together...ah.. we must be as crazy as you cats!
The purpose of any language is to communicate with other people. If any language isn't effectively doing that it's pretty much worthless. End of discussion.
Hey for all the Swiss Romash speakers listen up, I may have good news. I am from Mexico and I am becoming a polyglot and Rumantsch is a language which I have interest in learning, I use an app called Tandem and they did not have the language in their list, so I contacted the developers of the app and asked them about adding it and they answered me back and they said that they were going to think about adding it, they said it in a very positive way, now they are going to contact me in a few days about the topic. If they say yes buckle up. There are people like me waiting to learn and talk Rumantsch.
Oscar Guzman This is great news, thank you! Please update us!
@@nadamawsouf3925 I will when they tell me more details.
@@nadamawsouf3925 hello brother are you Swiss?
Oscar Guzman Great! (Also I’m a sister :p) I’m not Swiss, I’m Egyptian. This documentary was produced by my two Australian colleagues and I.
@@nadamawsouf3925 Oh my goodness I am really sorry for mistaking you for a man, it was not my intention. I saw your picture and I saw it a bit hard to distinguis, but I am extremly sorry now that I know.
As a rumantsch speaker I am deeply moved by this short documentary.
Grazia fitg!
C D C you have a beautiful language, and we are glad you liked it!
Hey for all the Swiss Romash speakers listen up, I may have good news. I am from Mexico and I am becoming a polyglot and Rumantsch is a languahe which I have interest in learning, I use an app called Tandem and they did not have the language in their list, so I contacted the developers of the app and asked them about adding it and they answered me back and they said that they were going to think about adding it, they said it in a very positive way, now they are going to contact me in a few days about the topic. If they say yes buckle up. There are people like me waiting to learn and talk Rumantsch.
It is official guys Rumantsch is in Tandem. Today the update came.
Oscar Guzman awesome! Thanks for this huge favor to the humankind. I was thinking about Duolingo. They don't have Romanch so far, but you could handle it too :D. Greetings from a Brazilian polyglot
@@pietrof.6436 De nada irmão, é um prazer, mensagem de um Mexicano de 17 anos, que sabe falar Português e está em caminho de ser polyglota.
As a Swiss person from the French Speaking (Suisse Romandie), this brings a tear of joy to my eye. Even when I lived in Switzerland, we were not taught much about Rumantsch, it was always a mystery even though it’s the only 100% Swiss language. It’s amazing to see native speakers and children being taught this amazing language. Btw: my family origin is actually from Graubünden, but the Italian speaking part. Siempre Grigioni!!!!
As a Kurd who is worried about the future of his own language and also other minority languages I got so emotional. I hope these people never give up and Swiss government will support it in a better way to make people feel proud of their language and that they can survive by speaking their own language in cities too.❤
My mother is Italian and my father is German and French. I feel attracted to Rumatsch because it is like taking these languages and mixing them together into something very special and unique!
so, now the question is in which country you are living now??
It has mostly Italaian and French words. Nothing to do with German in my opinion.
@@timmund7625 Canada
I´m Argentinian and a long time ago I met a Swiss man who spoke Romansh. I didn´t know by then that this language even existed. He also spoke Italian, English and French.
It is official guys Rumantsch is in Tandem. Today the update came.
Oscar Guzman Great news!
Nus stein si, defendin nies vegl lungatg. 😉
Romansh should be on Facebook! Fight for it! Including it on media will certainly help the language's surviving
My great Aunt spoke Romansh and my family is from border. Thank you.
Christine Milano you’re welcome! It’s a beautiful language.
hey nice, where are you from?
@@nadamawsouf3925 are you romanch
Merci pour la vidéo; c’était très intéressante! En tant que Québéco-américain je crois pouvoir comprendre mieux que la personne moyenne ce que vous dites sur la survivance. Je n’ai jamais compris pourquoi la Suisse n’a pas une seule langue officielle (le romanche) tout en offrant un soutien et un encouragement pour apprendre les autres langues déjà parlées mais les rendant secondaires. Le monde a déjà plein de francophones, de germanophones, et d’italophones; il devrait y avoir de la place pour les locuteurs de romanche. Comme on dit icitte : « Lâchez pas la patate! » Bonne chance et bonne continuation!
Alice is so sweet, I am learning Rumantsch sursilvan and I hope I can speak with her one day
How cool! Romansh is my grandmother's first language.
I would learn it to help get it alive, but, I cannot use romansh being in Brasil
Cleiton Dos Santos De Carvalho Tom, you can listen to their music and support their artists. That's what I do, since I live in Egypt and cannot use it here too.
Voces tem 180 idiomas indigenas que podem apreender, mas tbm outras linguas minoritarias, por exemplo o talian se voce quer apreender um idioma que e semelhante ao rumanstch
@@charlesdeschampsdeboishebe9672 It is very hard to learn an indigenous brazilian language. Generally there's no content on internet. The most part of those 180 languages is private to a small group in distant places of most of brazilians since most of us are concentrated in the litoral and center-south of the country. But some cities got to officialize indigenous languages in their city. Nheengatu is taught in the University of São Paulo. There's a serious movement to save those languages
@@charlesdeschampsdeboishebe9672 Foda isso hahah Romantsh é mais lindo ahaha
Very Inspirational! Coming from Chicago, USA
Very cool. From Queens, NY living in TX now.
Beautiful documentary about an important subject. Thank you for the work you did!
Newly Swissed Thank you for your support! We appreciate it!
I may not be able to understand it, but the musi is so soothing and beutiful! Kudos to the artist! May your language thrive and survive to the upcoming generation! Romansch/Rumansch is a beutiful language! Una lingua bella! Me encanto el idioma! Alguien puedo ayudarme aprende el tal idioma?
What a wonderful video. Thank you. Keep it alive! It is so important. What excellent work you are doing.
It was the language of my grand parents and my grandfatherGraubünden
wow everything I just wrote disappeared. my grandfather was a Muoth .
I moved away... august 2020 i turned back and i will never ever leave Surselva again
I came here because my 23andme DNA test said I likely have strong ancestral connections to Grisons in Switzerland. I was curious and this was quite informative. Thanks.
I thin k this language is more closely related to Italian. I dont think it has anything to do with German.
I hope this language is preserved!
Hello there,
I like to learn Romansch too if there's any grammar book about it.
Frenny Sala try contacting Lia Rumantscha.
How interesting! A great interview
Are u romach
My native language is Swiss-German, I have a French-speaking mother and at school I learned Italien. So for me the logical consequence is to learn Rumantsch (the most beautiful language of Switzerland) - which I do since 6 month. 🙏🏼🥰
very well done, thanks
beatniece thank you for watching!
So, does Rumantschs have a chance to survive?
O so happy to see smthng interesting like this video
What's the name of the song playing in the beginning ? 0:35
FO IN PUNCT - Pascal Gamboni & Rees Coray
Sehr wichtig , spricht mit Kinder nur reines Romansh , auch wenn die Kinder in andere Sprache antworten .
So werden die Sprache lernen ohne Problemen und später werden sie stolz darauf sein so eine schöne Sprache sprechen zu können
Romansh people use romanian names. Why? Ionut is one of them and my name is Ionut. Some of them live in the region of Venice close to istro-romanians, interesting... We might be related. I see they have an eastern orientation. Some others live in Lichtenstein. We both love mountains and maybe transhumation for being shepards.
You asking why? - The country is LiEchtenstein!
very encouraging
Thank you!
Salute to the Romansh from the Caucasus
This is a great documentary. I truly believe that the language should be conserved 180% and written "Svissera", pronounced "Soissera" in my dialect, should be compulsory in all of Switzerland. I am from America, but somehow came across a very tiny book here in Chicago, maybe 40 pages, which tries to lay out Rumantscha for a student. Rumantsha, for me (only in my ear) is a very rare hybrid of maybe northern Italian dialects, with a strong Germanic overtone, and elements from Latin (everything ends with "s" when plural). From what I could make out in the small book, the grammar is Latin based + Germanic vocabulary and declensions, with a smidgit of French sounds when spoken. It is truly a beautiful language. I do not know German at all, but cases (declensions?) are in existence. For English speaking people, this concept is the most difficult thing to grasp since we do not have them, nor is it easy to even feel them. My mother's family is originally from Piemounte, north of Torino, cioe ent le muntagn. Mi parlou un po de patoa (o dialeu),
m' a-i'e na lenga c'me un po drola. So, your language is very different than my dialect, ours has roots mostly in Utzitana e Italiana, but there are some things I see in your language, when written, such as "Nus Essan", I believe I understand. Nus Essan, I assume, means "We Are", which is "N'jet i San" where my mom's family is from. Another word I heard was "Animals". If I remember correctly, the word that was used from a Romantsca speaker on you tube was pronounced "Bestche", we spell it "Bestia", and pronunce it as written "Bestia", instead of Animale. I would be very interested in learning Rumantsha. It is a pity we do not have a historical immigration who would have brought it here. Best of wishes with this and hopefully "la toa lenga a viv cun le gent e le famie". Bona furtuna e grassie tanta tanta la Madamisella.
Jason V. That’s very interesting! We’re happy you enjoyed watching the documentary.
Very interesting film. I first came across this language when reading a National Geographic article from the mid-60s called "The Alps, Man's Own Mountains". It had a text of a Rumantsch proverb. The words had a strange resemblance to classical Latin.
Now I read that linguists classify Rumantsch as a Gallo-Romance language, which implies it has a common origin with French!
Well, you're basically demanding to learn 5 different languages from Swiss people
in Northtirol and Vorarlberg this beautiful language has already died out, what a pity!
Je ne comprends pas pourquoi ils parlent anglais s'ils sont si fiers de leur langue, une langue très similaire aux dialectes parlés en Italie
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Le canton des Grisons dont ils sont originaires se trouve à quelques kilomètres de la frontière avec l'Italie, leurs noms sont les mêmes que les italiens.
Je suis de Rome mais j'ai pu comprendre tout ce qu'ils ont dit ......... Nous espérons que ce patrimoine culturel ne sera pas perdu.
je ne comprends pas pourquoi vous écrivez ça dans trois langues.
Lo entiendo que ha escrito ( je comprend français quand écrit ...désolé) pero soy nativo de Londres entonces hablo inglés y hablo un poco de este lengua- castellano.
¿ Quizás estudias una otra lengua? Inglés es útil pero un idioma de Latin sea más fácil a ti?
¡Suerte!
long live romanash !
Ijst is eun diegere lijnkwe!
This is a beautifull language!
Dit is een mooie taal!
😁
Let me guess: vous essons unics?
Non capisco perche' parlano in inglese se sono cosi' orgogliosi della loro lingua,una lingua molto molto simili ai dialetti parlati in Italia
del nord.Il Canton dei Grigioni da dove loro provengono e' a pochi chilometri dal confine con l'Italia.I loro cognomi sono uguali a quelli italiani.
Io sono di Roma ma ho potuto capire tutto cio' che dicevano.........Speriamo che non si perda questo patrimonio culturale.
Less English, more Romontsch. I expect to hear the language how it sounds. Without translators, comments in English or disturbing music. Don't talk ABOUT the language in English. Present us THE LANGUAGE ITSELF. Unplugged.
So sad to hear that her children were displaying the signs of language shift away from Romansh due to the influences of the more powerful languages.
Ich verstehe nicht, warum sie Englisch sprechen, wenn sie so stolz auf ihre Sprache sind, eine Sprache, die den in Italien gesprochenen Dialekten sehr ähnlich ist
Der Kanton Graubünden, aus dem sie stammen, liegt nur wenige Kilometer von der Grenze zu Italien entfernt. Ihre Nachnamen sind dieselben wie die italienischen.
Ich komme aus Rom, aber ich konnte alles verstehen, was sie sagten ......... Wir hoffen, dass dieses kulturelle Erbe nicht verloren geh
Because it's an English documentary...?
Noi suntem romani!
Became Independent ? Switzerland is gorgeous, but seem a bit weird - I mean who invented the shape of Toblerone just so you can stack more of them on top of each ither? And cellophane? And The Red Cross? And a different sized flag to everyone else? And Helvetica - so bloody conspicuous...er, London has the Swiss Glockenspiel & canton flag pole ( sadly missed Swiss Centre)..now outside the EU together...ah.. we must be as crazy as you cats!
The purpose of any language is to communicate with other people. If any language isn't effectively doing that it's pretty much worthless. End of discussion.