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# romansh

noun (Romansh); adjective (Romansh)

«romansh» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Romansh is a language spoken by a small number of people in south-east Switzerland, in the canton of Graubünden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#m1)
2. It is one of Switzerland's four national languages, with German, French and Italian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#m2)
3. (adjective) To do with this language or its speakers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and language lessons it is an example of a small language that comes from Latin, like French, Italian and Spanish. Fewer than 1 in 100 Swiss people speak it as a main language. Phrases: «Romansh speakers», «in Romansh».

### Examples

- Romansh is one of the four national languages of Switzerland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#x1)
- Only about sixty thousand people speak Romansh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#x2)
- Romansh comes from the Latin spoken by Roman soldiers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#x3)
- Some Swiss road signs are in Romansh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#x4)
- «Bun di» means «good day» in Romansh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#x5)
- Schools in some Swiss valleys teach in Romansh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/#x6)

### Note

Written with a capital: Romansh (also spelt Romansch or Rumantsch). Not the same as «Romani» or «Romanian». It is a real language, not a dialect of Italian.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «romansh» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/romansh/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«romansh» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/romansh.html) on Mova free.