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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Historical Examples of 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.)).