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LingoBear creates short Romansh passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Rhaeto-Romance language of the Swiss canton of Grisons, one of Switzerland's four national languages, Latin script with six dialects and the unified Rumantsch Grischun standard, ~40,000 speakers.

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What is Romansh and where is it spoken?

Romansh (Rumantsch) is a Rhaeto-Romance language descended from Vulgar Latin spoken in the Roman province of Raetia. It has been one of Switzerland's four national languages since 1938 and an official federal language for communication with Romansh speakers since 1996. Around 40,000 people use it as a main language, mainly in the canton of Grisons (Graubünden).

What are the dialects and the unified standard?

Romansh has five traditional written dialects — Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter and Vallader — and a pan-Romansh standard, Rumantsch Grischun, codified in 1982 by Heinrich Schmid for use in federal communications and education. Each dialect retains its own school readers, hymnals and newspapers; Rumantsch Grischun is used in federal forms, postage and pan-cantonal media.