Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🗣️ Related to the language 🗣️ A Swiss language
Rumansh

Rumansh

9.9
Relating to the language spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland
  • adjective
  • Archaic
: romansh
  • She is studying several Rumansh dialects for her dissertation.

Examples

  • A Rumansh translation of the document was provided for local residents.

  • A Rumansh speaker explained the significance of their unique traditions.

  • The Rumansh language has official status in Switzerland.

  • The Rumansh language has several dialects.

  • I am learning Rumansh to communicate with locals.

  • The Rumansh language is spoken by many communities in the Swiss Alps.

  • She is taking a course in Rumansh to better understand the culture of the region.

Synonyms

Romansh
vsRumansh
9.7

Of the language spoken in southeastern Switzerland or of its people and culture

refers to the language as a Romance tongue spoken in parts of Switzerland

Surface Forms

Rumansh positive

Etymology

Rumansh comes from the old Latin word Romanus, which means 'Roman' or 'from Rome'. It is like the English word Roman and the name Romance for the group of languages, so Rumansh describes something 'of or relating to' the language that comes from the Roman speech in parts of Switzerland.