They appeared as one nation and not as French, German, Italian or
Romansch.
Intriguingly, the more common language is the ancient tongue of Ladin, derived from Latin and Swiss
Romansch language.
The Swiss have always had to leave their country to find work--this particular valley, where
Romansch is still the most widely spoken language, traditionally produced the world's great pastry chefs.
Drawing on a variety of primary sources in Latin, German, French, Italian, and
Romansch, it builds on two decades of the religious, ecclesiastical, political, social, and cultural history of the Swiss lands.
Similarly, Serra (2007) also analyzed the use of repair sequences by German-speaking primary-school children learning Italian or
Romansch in a CLIL context.
The curriculum is taught in English but Switzerland has four official languages-Swiss French, Swiss German, Swiss Italian and
Romansch. It was pretty cool.
Perhaps it might seem strange to claim that there are literally hundreds of different Romance languages spoken today, especially since if you look at any popular literature on the European languages you in fact usually find the claim that the Romance languages number somewhere around five or six, with Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Romanian, and perhaps Catalan being the ones worth listing (though slightly more sophisticated popular sources might also include Occitan, Sardinian, and
Romansch).
Once a week on Swiss national television, children's stories are told in the oldest language in Switzerland namely Rhaetian
Romansch. which has Latin roots.
Crap, as everyone knows, means rock in
Romansch, one of the four national languages of Switzerland along with German, French and Italian.
Yet look at societies such as Belgium - home to French, Flemish and German, or Switzerland - German, French, Italian and
Romansch. Not only do youngsters grow up fluent in the languages within their own borders, most master English as well.
Likewise Switzerland recognizes multiple official languages including German, French, Italian, and
Romansch; Belgium is trilingual: Dutch, French and German.