Romansh

[roh-mansh, -mahnsh]

noun

a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland.Compare Ladin(def 2).

adjective

of or relating to Romansh.

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Examples from the Web for romansh

Romansh, Italian, and French-speaking valleys were presently added to this valiant little republican group.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells
Romansh, a corrupt Latin, holds its own to this day in the higher and remoter valleys of that canton.
The Story of Switzerland|Lina Hug

Word Origin and History for romansh

Romansh

"Rhaeto-Romanic," Latin-derived language spoken in the Grisons region of eastern Switzerland, 1660s, from Grisons Rumansch, from Late Latin Romanice "in Vulgar Latin" (see romance (n.)).