Second meeting of Creaton rumantsch
20 January 2025
In 1938, the Swiss people voted overwhelmingly in favour of Romansh as the Confederation’s fourth national language (alongside French, German and Italian).
The history of this language and its five idioms goes back to the time of the Rhaetians, a term for tribes who inhabited the east of present-day Switzerland centuries before the Roman conquest (13-15 BC).
Romansh has even expanded to include Rumantsch Grischun, a common written language of the five idioms. The saying ‘small but beautiful’ certainly applies to this language.
This language is spoken not only in Graubünden and with different idioms in Austria and Italy but also in other cantons and even abroad, namely in the Romansh diaspora.
Various institutions in Graubünden and other cantons regularly organise events to make this language and culture more accessible to the diaspora and others interested.
A good example is the second meeting of ‘Creaton rumantsch’, a project of the organisation Pro Svizra Rumantscha. It took place on 19 January in Bern to develop innovative projects for this purpose.
The professionalism, commitment and variety of projects show that the Romansh language and culture has a promising future, even or especially in these times.
(Source and further information: Pro Svizra Rumantscha, Lia Rumantscha)