Romansh

Il Pitschen Prinzi, in Romansh, a dialect of Rhaeto-Romance. Romansh (also spelled Romansch, Rumantsch, Romanche) is a Romance language spoken predominantly in the southeastern Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden), where it has official status alongside German and Italian. It is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. Romansh has also been recognised as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language since 1996, along with German, French and Italian. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin and Friulian as a Rhaeto-Romance language.