> Romansh is believed to have originated around 15BC when the Romans conquered Rhaetia, which is now Graubünden. Romansh is the result of the combination of the Vulgar Latin spoken by soldiers and colonists, and Rhaetian, the language of the native people.
Be interesting to hear more about that.
Similar languages exist in Italy, by the way:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladin_language
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friulian_language
And there are also Germanic dialects that are isolated within Italy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Italy#Non-Romance...
Fascinating stuff!