A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language | The New Yorker
Update: 2025-12-18
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Romansh, a Swiss language spoken by a tiny fraction of the population, comes in five major versions. Simon Akam reports from Switzerland about the verbal avalanche that ensued when reformers tried to entrench the tongue by standardizing it.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/a-very-big-fight-over-a-very-small-language
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/a-very-big-fight-over-a-very-small-language
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