Romansh (also spelled
Romansch,
Rumantsch, or
Romanche; Romansh: ,
rumàntsch, or ) is a
Romance language spoken predominantly in the southeastern
Swiss canton of
Grisons (Graubünden), where it has official status alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction of schools in Romansh-speaking areas. Romansh has also been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938 and as an
official language along with
German,
French and
Italian since 1996. It is sometimes grouped with
Ladin and
Friulian as a
Rhaeto-Romance language, though this is disputed.