Indo-European family
Romansh
c. 900 CE – today Living
Romansh (c. 900 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Latin → Vulgar Latin → Romansh.
See Romansh on the interactive map- Speakers
- 40K (40,000)
- ISO 639-3
- roh
- Glottocode
- roma1326
Official language of Switzerland (Graubünden). Grouping with Ladin and Friulian as 'Rhaeto-Romance' is contested.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
- Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
- Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
- Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
- Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
- Romanshc. 900 CE – today
Sister languages 20
Also descended from Vulgar Latin.