Museum of Lower Engadine and the Romansh language in Scuol

4 August 2021

One key feature of Engadin culture (Kanton Graubünden) is the local language: Romansh. It is one of the oldest living European languages with roots in Rhaetian, Latin, Alemannic, Italian, French, and German. The language was on the verge of dying out around 100 years ago, but several devotees resolved to ensure its survival in 1919. 

 

 In 1938, the Swiss people voted by a sizeable majority to make it the fourth national language. Romansh and its wide range of idioms are very much alive today. The exhibition at the Museum of Lower Engadin (Museum Engiadina bassa Scuol) presents the language and its idioms, including an e-guide with audio samples of the language.

 

(Source and further information: Museum d’Engiadina bassa Scuol)

 

The first Bibel in the Romansh language, Vallader idiom, printed in Scuol in 1679