What language do they speak in Switzerland ?

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Sthailee

Actually there's 4 official languages in Switzerland.

1. Swiss German (62.7% to 72.5%)
2. French (20.4% to 21.0%)
3. Italian (6.5% to 4.3%)
4. Romansh (0.5% to 0,6%)

Here is a clear representative picture of it :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Map_Languages_CH.png

Additional information : Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called cantons. Bern is the seat of the federal authorities, while the country's economic centers are its two global cities, Geneva and especially Zurich. Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world.

Hope this helps.
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HotRodder_Sam57

German French Italian and Romansch

Jean-Paul J

Hi there!

In Switzerland there are four languages that are recognised by the government - they are:

*German: this is spoken by 63.7% of the populace, however most people speak a dialect of the "Hochdeutsch" (High German) that people speak in Germany. Most German speaking Swiss speak Swiss German, called SwytzerdÃ¼tsch by locals

*French: this is spoken by 20.4% of the population. The French spoken here is pretty much the same as French spoken in France or in Belgium. However, as in Belgium, Swiss French speakers do not say "soixante-dix" for 70: they say "septante". Likewise they say "Huitante" for 80 and "Nonante" for 90. There are a few other differences between French and Swiss French but these are not a problem for communicating with locals

*Italian: Spoken by 6.5% of the population. Swiss Italian is quasi the same Italian that is spoken in Italy

*Romansh: The only language that can claim to be entirely Swiss, Romansh is only spoken by 0.5% of the population. Romansh is spoken in majority in the mountainous canton (state) of GraubÃ¼nden. It is a fascinating mix of German, French, Italian and Latin and it is (IMHO) a pleasure to listen to.

If you do your math, you will notice that there still is 9% missing from these languages. This is because over 9% of people living in Switzerland have a mother tongue that is something other than the four national languages.

Hope this has helped,

Jean-Paul J

GPapenburg

Language distribution (based on Swiss Federal Statistical Office as of 2002)
â€¢ German: 63,7 %
â€¢ French: 20,4 %
â€¢ Italian: 6,5 %
â€¢ Romansch: 0,5 %
â€¢ others: 9,0 %
http://www.swissworld.org/en/people/language/

Switzerland Constitution
Article 70 Languages
(1) The official languages of the Federation are German, French, and Italian. In communication with persons of Romansh language, the Romansh is also an official language.

Hanya

Mostly they speak German but in their own way......it's a kind of dialect which is rather hard to understand.

Maui Guy

French, German and Italian....more so for each as you are close in on those borders...

John Rey D

go to http://www.switzerlandflexitours.com/travel-tips/languages-of-switzerland.html
and answer your question

I'm Macedonian!!!

German, French and Italian are official

Riki

There three oficial languages, German, French and Italian. Many also speak english

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