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Friulian, Ladin, and Romansch are separate languages (R. A. Hall, Jr., personal communication 1978). Lexical similarity 78% with Italian and French, 76% with Catalan, 74% with Spanish, Sardinian, and Portuguese, 72% with Romanian.</td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Classification</i></td> <td><a href="show_lang_family.asp?code=roh">Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Rhaetian</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Language use</i></td> <td>Official language. An official written language is in common use now, called Grischuna. All dialects taught in school. Speakers are bilingual. Standard German is the language of instruction in school.</td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP"> <td><i>Language development</i></td> <td>Taught in primary schools. Newspapers. 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