Rhaeto-Romance
/ˌriːtə(ʊ)rəʊˈmans
/(also Rhaeto-Romanic /ˌriːtə(ʊ)rəʊˈmanɪk/)
adjective
Relating to or denoting the Romance dialects spoken in parts of SE Switzerland, NE Italy, and Tyrol, especially Romansh and Ladin.
noun [mass noun]
The Rhaeto-Romance dialects.However, the occurrence of null subjects in this Swiss dialect of Rhaeto-Romance is restricted to certain persons of the verb and certain syntactic environments....
- There are five (French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish/Castilian), or six if Romansch or Rhaeto-Romanic (a language of Switzerland) is included.
Origin
From Latin Rhaetus 'of Rhaetia' (the name of a Roman province in the Alps) + Romance.