romansh

«romansh» in Mova's school dictionary: a language spoken by a small number of people in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (Romansh); adjective (Romansh)

meaning for a pupil

1) Romansh is a language spoken by a small number of people in south-east Switzerland, in the canton of Graubünden. tree →

2) It is one of Switzerland's four national languages, with German, French and Italian. tree →

3) (adjective) To do with this language or its speakers. tree →

sense 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 →
• Only about sixty thousand people speak Romansh. tree →
• Romansh comes from the Latin spoken by Roman soldiers. tree →
• Some Swiss road signs are in Romansh. tree →
• «Bun di» means «good day» in Romansh. tree →
• Schools in some Swiss valleys teach in Romansh. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «romansh» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.