Languages
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (75.9%), with German being second most common (23.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%). By the 19th Century there was a German speaking minority in Lavin. However the majority speak the Vallader Romansh dialect. Between 1880 and 1941 the Romansh speaking percentage remained the same (83%). In the last decades the Romansh speaking percentage has decreased. In 1990 91% of the population understood Romansh, though some spoke it as a second language, and in 2000 it was 86%.
| Languages in Lavin | ||||||
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | |||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| German | 33 | 18.13% | 38 | 20.65% | 40 | 22.99% |
| Romanish | 147 | 80.77% | 145 | 78.80% | 132 | 75.86% |
| Population | 182 | 100% | 184 | 100% | 174 | 100% |
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