The Collaborative International Dictionary
Romansch
Romansch \Ro*mansch"\, n. [Grisons rumansch, rumonsch, romonsch. See Romance.] The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin. [Written also Romansch, and Rumonsch.]
Usage examples of "romansch".
I liken it to the refectory at Dissentis, a Franciscan congeries of monks I once spent an afternoon with in the Romansch District of Switzerland, beneath the towering Alps.
About 70 percent of the Swiss speak German, 20 percent French, 4 percent Italian, and less than 1 percent Romansch, an obscure tongue related to Latin.
They spoke an Italian dialect predominantly, with some Greek and Romansch, but other languages were used around the docks, the lifter pads and the ports, as anywhere.