Languages
The municipality is almost evenly divided between Romansh- and German-speaking population, with Romansh predominating slightly. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (53.8%), with German being second most common (41.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 4.1%).
| Languages in Donat (merger of Donath and Patzen-Fardün) | ||||||
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | |||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| German | 32 | 18.29% | 50 | 29.24% | 81 | 41.12% |
| Romanish | 141 | 80.57% | 119 | 69.59% | 106 | 53.81% |
| Population | 175 | 100% | 171 | 100% | 197 | 100% |
| Languages in Donath | ||||||
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | |||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| German | 24 | 18.90% | 30 | 25.64% | 48 | 36.09% |
| Romanish | 101 | 79.53% | 85 | 72.65% | 75 | 56.39% |
| Population | 127 | 100% | 117 | 100% | 133 | 100% |
| Languages in Patzen-Fardün | ||||||
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | |||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| German | 8 | 16.67% | 20 | 37.04% | 33 | 51.56% |
| Romanish | 40 | 83.33% | 34 | 62.96% | 31 | 48.44% |
| Population | 48 | 100% | 54 | 100% | 64 | 100% |
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