Romands, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 24 relations: *Walhaz, Acadians, Burgundians, Canton of Jura, Catholic Church, Champéry, Ethnicity, Frainc-Comtou, Franco-Provençal, French language, French people, Gallo-Roman culture, Gallo-Romance languages, Greenwood Publishing Group, Jersey people, Normans, Québécois people, Reformed Christianity, Romandy, Swiss French, Swiss people, Switzerland, Valais, Walloons.

2. Ethnic groups in Switzerland
3. Romance peoples
4. Society of Switzerland

*Walhaz

*Walhaz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic word meaning 'foreigner', or more specifically 'Roman', 'Romance-speaker' or '(romanized) Celt', and survives in the English words of 'Wales/Welsh' and 'Cornwall.' The term was used by the ancient Germanic peoples to describe inhabitants of the former Roman Empire, who were largely romanised and spoke Latin languages (cf.

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Acadians

The Acadians (Acadiens) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Burgundians

The Burgundians were an early Germanic tribe or group of tribes.

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Canton of Jura

The Republic and Canton of Jura (République et canton du Jura), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura, is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Champéry

Champéry (Champérié) is a municipality in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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Ethnicity

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.

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Frainc-Comtou

Frainc-Comtou (franc-comtois) is a Romance language of the langues d'oïl language family spoken in the Franche-Comté region of France and in the Canton of Jura and Bernese Jura in Switzerland.

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Franco-Provençal

Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a language within the Gallo-Romance family, originally spoken in east-central France, western Switzerland and northwestern Italy.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French people

The French people (lit) are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. Romands and French people are Romance peoples.

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Gallo-Roman culture

Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire.

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Gallo-Romance languages

The Gallo-Romance branch of the Romance languages includes in the narrowest sense the langues d'oïl and Franco-Provençal.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.

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Jersey people

The Jersey people (Jèrriais: Jèrriais; Jersiais), also referred to as Islanders, are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands who share a common history, Norman ancestry and culture.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia. Romands and Normans are Romance peoples.

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Québécois people

Québécois (also known as Quebecers or Quebeckers in English) are people associated with Quebec.

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Reformed Christianity

Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.

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Romandy

Romandy (Romandie or Suisse romande; Arpitan: Romandia)Before World War I, the term French Switzerland (Suisse française) was.

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Swiss French

Swiss French (français de Suisse or suisse romand) is the variety of French spoken in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy.

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Swiss people

The Swiss people (die Schweizer, les Suisses, gli Svizzeri, ils Svizzers) are the citizens of the multi-ethnic Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) regardless of ethno-cultural background or people of self-identified Swiss ancestry. Romands and Swiss people are ethnic groups in Switzerland and Society of Switzerland.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Valais

Valais, more formally, the Canton of Valais, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion. Valais is situated in the southwestern part of the country. It borders the cantons of Vaud and Bern to the north, the cantons of Uri and Ticino to the east, as well as Italy to the south and France to the west.

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Walloons

Walloons (Wallons; Walons) are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of Flanders, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Romands and Walloons are Romance peoples.

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See also

Ethnic groups in Switzerland

• African diaspora in Switzerland
• Albanians in Switzerland
• Arabs in Switzerland
• Croats of Switzerland
• Filipinos in Switzerland
• Finns in Switzerland
• Haitian Swiss
• Immigration to Switzerland
• Indians in Switzerland
• Jews and Judaism in Switzerland
• Romands
• Romani people in Switzerland
• Romansh people
• Swiss people
• Tibetan Swiss
• Turks in Switzerland
• Walser people
• Yenish people

Romance peoples

• Andalusians
• Aragonese people
• Aromanians
• Asturians
• Canary Islanders
• Cantabrian people
• Castilians
• Catalans
• Corsicans
• Eastern Romance people
• Extremadurans
• French people
• Friulians
• Galicians
• Istro-Romanians
• Italians
• Ladin people
• Ladins
• Latins (Italic tribe)
• Leonese people
• Megleno-Romanians
• Mozarabs
• Normans
• Occitans
• Pan-Latinism
• Portuguese people
• Roman people
• Romands
• Romanians
• Romansh people
• Sardinian people
• Sicilians
• Spaniards
• Valencians
• Walloons

Society of Switzerland

• 10vor10
• Cannabis in Switzerland
• Corruption in Switzerland
• Crime in Switzerland
• Demographics of Switzerland
• Eidgenossenschaft
• Ernst Brunner
• Firearms regulation in Switzerland
• Forum Opéra
• Homelessness in Switzerland
• House of Religions
• Human rights in Switzerland
• Place of origin
• Poverty in Switzerland
• Public Eye (organization)
• Public holidays in Switzerland
• Röstigraben
• Religion in Switzerland
• Romands
• Shooting ranges in Switzerland
• Social issues in Switzerland
• Spazzacamini
• Suicide in Switzerland
• Swiss Civilian Service
• Swiss Shooting Sport Federation
• Swiss people
• Verdingkinder
• Women in Switzerland
• Zivildienst

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romands

Also known as French Swiss.