When I was a teenager (which was a lot of years ago) I had the good fortune to spend several years in Switzerland. I was in the German-speaking region, and enjoyed many visits to the French and Italian speaking sections. I was told repeatedly by the Swiss that there is still a small region in the center of Switzerland where most people still speak Romansche, which I was told was quite close to Latin (much closer than any of the latin-based languages commonly in use today). Does anyone else have information on this?

Thanks,