Shortly before retiring from his teaching career in 1983, the Lia Rumantscha (Romansh League) asked him to create a common written language for the five main varieties of the Romansh language.
Pouco denantes de apousentarse, en 1983, a Lía Rumantscha (Liga Romanche) confioulle a tarefa de crear unha lingua escrita común para as cinco variedades principais da lingua romanche.