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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-English" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#English"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>English</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-English-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Other languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Neo-Latin" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Neo-Latin"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Neo-Latin</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Neo-Latin-sublist" 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id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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title="Romandie – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Romandie" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveeici_kielah" title="Sveeici kielah – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Sveeici kielah" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="لغات سويسرا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لغات سويسرا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lling%C3%BCes_de_Suiza" title="Llingües de Suiza – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Llingües de Suiza" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE" title="সুইজারল্যান্ডের ভাষা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সুইজারল্যান্ডের ভাষা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yezho%C3%B9_Suis" title="Yezhoù Suis – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Yezhoù Suis" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lleng%C3%BCes_de_Su%C3%AFssa" title="Llengües de Suïssa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llengües de Suïssa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romandie" title="Romandie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Romandie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweiziske_sprog" title="Schweiziske sprog – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Schweiziske sprog" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprachen_in_der_Schweiz" title="Sprachen in der Schweiz – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sprachen in der Schweiz" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BB%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Γλώσσες της Ελβετίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γλώσσες της Ελβετίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiomas_de_Suiza" title="Idiomas de Suiza – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Idiomas de Suiza" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingvoj_de_Svisio" title="Lingvoj de Svisio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Lingvoj de Svisio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="زبان‌های سوئیس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="زبان‌های سوئیس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langues_en_Suisse" title="Langues en Suisse – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Langues en Suisse" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87hengaghyn_yn_Elveeish" title="Çhengaghyn yn Elveeish – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Çhengaghyn yn Elveeish" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%B5%D6%81%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%A6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Շվեյցարիայի լեզուներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շվեյցարիայի լեզուներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_di_Swiss" title="Bahasa di Swiss – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bahasa di Swiss" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svizzera_Italiana" title="Svizzera Italiana – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Svizzera Italiana" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basa-basa_ing_Swiss" title="Basa-basa ing Swiss – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Basa-basa ing Swiss" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Јазици во Швајцарија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јазици во Швајцарија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talen_in_Zwitserland" title="Talen in Zwitserland – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Talen in Zwitserland" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toalen_ien_Svitzerlaand" title="Toalen ien Svitzerlaand – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Toalen ien Svitzerlaand" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spr%C3%A5k_i_Sveits" title="Språk i Sveits – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Språk i Sveits" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romandie" title="Romandie – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Romandie" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romandia" title="Romandia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Romandia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnguas_da_Su%C3%AD%C3%A7a" title="Línguas da Suíça – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Línguas da Suíça" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbile_Elve%C8%9Biei" title="Limbile Elveției – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Limbile Elveției" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Языки Швейцарии – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Языки Швейцарии" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveitsin_kielet" title="Sveitsin kielet – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sveitsin kielet" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romandiet" title="Romandiet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Romandiet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D" title="சுவிட்சர்லாந்து மொழிகள் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சுவிட்சர்லாந்து மொழிகள்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" 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style="background-color:#efefef;">Languages of Switzerland</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Karte_Schweizer_Sprachgebiete_2022.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Karte_Schweizer_Sprachgebiete_2022.png/350px-Karte_Schweizer_Sprachgebiete_2022.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Karte_Schweizer_Sprachgebiete_2022.png/525px-Karte_Schweizer_Sprachgebiete_2022.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Karte_Schweizer_Sprachgebiete_2022.png/700px-Karte_Schweizer_Sprachgebiete_2022.png 2x" data-file-width="4133" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">Official</a></th><td class="infobox-data">German, French, Italian, Romansh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vernacular" title="Vernacular">Vernacular</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_German" title="Swiss German">Swiss German</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Standard_German" title="Swiss Standard German">Swiss Standard German</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swiss_French" title="Swiss French">Swiss French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Italian" title="Swiss Italian">Swiss Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Franco-Proven%C3%A7al" title="Franco-Provençal">Franco-Provençal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lombard_language" title="Lombard language">Lombard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walser_German" title="Walser German">Walser German</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frainc-Comtou" title="Frainc-Comtou">Frainc-Comtou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bavarian_language" title="Bavarian language">Bavarian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Immigrant</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a 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class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 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href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Assembly (Switzerland)">Federal Administration</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Swiss Confederation</a>, while Romansh is used in dealings with people who speak it.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> is occasionally used in some formal contexts, particularly to denote the country (<i>Confoederatio Helvetica)</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, 62.3% of the population of Switzerland were native speakers of German (either <a href="/wiki/Swiss_German" title="Swiss German">Swiss</a> or <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Standard_German" title="Swiss Standard German">Standard German</a>) at home; 22.8% French (mostly <a href="/wiki/Swiss_French" title="Swiss French">Swiss French</a>, but including some <a href="/wiki/Franco-Proven%C3%A7al" title="Franco-Provençal">Franco-Provençal</a> <a href="/wiki/Dialect" title="Dialect">dialects</a>); 8% Italian (mostly <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Italian" title="Swiss Italian">Swiss Italian</a>, but including <a href="/wiki/Lombard_language" title="Lombard language">Lombard</a>); and 0.5% Romansh.<sup id="cite_ref-Languages_2020_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Languages_2020-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German region (<i>Deutschschweiz</i>) is roughly in the east, north, and centre; the French part (<i>la Romandie</i>) in the west; and the Italian area (<i>Svizzera italiana</i>) in the south. There remains a small Romansh-speaking native population in <a href="/wiki/Grisons" title="Grisons">Grisons</a> in the east. The cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Freiburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">Valais</a> are officially bilingual; <a href="/wiki/Grisons" title="Grisons">Grisons</a> is officially trilingual. </p><p><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> is widely spoken as a second language across Switzerland, and many Anglophone migrants live in Switzerland. It is often used as a <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> as Switzerland has four official languages. Because of this, English is often used in advertisements in Switzerland,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and many businesses and companies in Switzerland, even if they only operate domestically, have names that use English words. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main languages of Swiss residents from 1950 to 2015, in percentages, were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-FSOML_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSOML-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Overview of the native language of Swiss </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="hintergrundfarbe6">Year </th> <th scope="col" class="hintergrundfarbe6">German </th> <th scope="col" class="hintergrundfarbe6">French </th> <th scope="col" class="hintergrundfarbe6">Italian </th> <th scope="col" class="hintergrundfarbe6">Romansh </th> <th scope="col" class="hintergrundfarbe6">Other </th></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">2015 </td> <td>63.7</td> <td>22.7</td> <td>8.4</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>5.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">2000 </td> <td>63.7</td> <td>20.4</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>9.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">1990 </td> <td>63.6</td> <td>19.2</td> <td>7.6</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>8.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">1980 </td> <td>65.0</td> <td>18.4</td> <td>9.8</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">1970 </td> <td>64.9</td> <td>18.1</td> <td>11.9</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">1960 </td> <td>69.4</td> <td>18.9</td> <td>9.5</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">1950 </td> <td>72.1</td> <td>20.3</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the 2012 survey, for the first time, respondents could indicate more than one language, causing the percentages to exceed 100%.<sup id="cite_ref-FSOML_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSOML-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_authorities">Federal authorities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Federal authorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Switzerland)" title="National Council (Switzerland)">National Council</a> offers simultaneous translation to and from German, French and Italian, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_States_(Switzerland)" title="Council of States (Switzerland)">Council of States</a> does not translate debates – its members are expected to understand at least German and French. </p><p>Employees of the federal government are expected to write documents in their native tongue. 77% of the original official documents were edited in German, 20% in French, and 1.98% in Italian. More than half of the Italian speakers employed by the federal government are translators.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland">Federal Supreme Court</a> publishes its decisions only in one language, usually in the language used in the earlier instance. The so-called <a href="/w/index.php?title=Regest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Regest (page does not exist)">regest</a> – a summary of the decision – will be offered in German, French and Italian, but only in important and influential cases (German "Leitentscheide").<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_languages_and_linguistic_regions">National languages and linguistic regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National languages and linguistic regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German">German</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Swiss_German" title="Swiss German">Swiss German</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Standard_German" title="Swiss Standard German">Swiss Standard German</a>, <a href="/wiki/German-speaking_Switzerland" title="German-speaking Switzerland">German-speaking Switzerland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Walser_German" title="Walser German">Walser German</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png/180px-Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png/270px-Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png/360px-Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="543" /></a><figcaption>Distribution of <a href="/wiki/High_Alemannic" class="mw-redirect" title="High Alemannic">High Alemannic</a> dialects. Marked in red is the <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCnig-Napf-Reuss_line" title="Brünig-Napf-Reuss line">Brünig-Napf-Reuss line</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hoechstalemannisch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Hoechstalemannisch.png/180px-Hoechstalemannisch.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Hoechstalemannisch.png/270px-Hoechstalemannisch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Hoechstalemannisch.png/360px-Hoechstalemannisch.png 2x" data-file-width="368" data-file-height="287" /></a><figcaption>Distribution of <a href="/wiki/Highest_Alemannic_German" title="Highest Alemannic German">Highest Alemannic</a> dialects</figcaption></figure> <p>The German-speaking part of Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Deutschschweiz</i>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Suisse alémanique</i>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Svizzera tedesca</i>, <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>: <i lang="rm">Svizra tudestga</i>) constitutes about 65% of <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> (North Western Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland, Central Switzerland, most of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Plateau" title="Swiss Plateau">Swiss Plateau</a> and the greater part of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Alps" title="Swiss Alps">Swiss Alps</a>). </p><p>In seventeen of the Swiss cantons, German is the only official language (<a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Aargau" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Aargau">Aargau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Appenzell_Ausserrhoden" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden">Appenzell Ausserrhoden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden">Appenzell Innerrhoden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Basel-Stadt" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Basel-Stadt">Basel-Stadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Basel-Landschaft" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Basel-Landschaft">Basel-Landschaft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">Glarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">Luzern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Nidwalden" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Nidwalden">Nidwalden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Obwalden" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Obwalden">Obwalden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schaffhausen" title="Canton of Schaffhausen">Schaffhausen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">Schwyz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">Solothurn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Canton of St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Thurgau" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Thurgau">Thurgau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">Uri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">Zug</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zurich" title="Canton of Zurich">Zürich</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Fribourg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Valais" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Valais">Valais</a>, French is co-official; in the trilingual <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Graubünden">canton of Graubünden</a>, more than half of the population speaks German, while the rest speak <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a> or <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>. In each case, all languages are <a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official languages</a> of the respective canton. </p><p>While the French-speaking Swiss prefer to call themselves <i>Romands</i> and their part of the country is <a href="/wiki/Romandy" title="Romandy">Romandy</a>, the German-speaking Swiss used to (and, colloquially, still do) refer to the French-speaking Swiss as "Welsche", and to their area as <i>Welschland</i>, which has the same etymology as the English <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Welsh" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Welsh">Welsh</a> (see <i><a href="/wiki/Walha" class="mw-redirect" title="Walha">Walha</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Research shows that individuals with a French-sounding name in the German-speaking part suffer from social discrimination.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nevertheless, in 2017, 11.1%, or about 920,600 of the Swiss residents speak <a href="/wiki/Standard_German" title="Standard German">Standard German</a> ("Hochdeutsch") at home, but this figure likely includes numerous German (and Austrian) immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sprachgebiete_der_Schweiz_im_20._Jahrhundert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sprachgebiete_der_Schweiz_im_20._Jahrhundert.jpg/220px-Sprachgebiete_der_Schweiz_im_20._Jahrhundert.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sprachgebiete_der_Schweiz_im_20._Jahrhundert.jpg/330px-Sprachgebiete_der_Schweiz_im_20._Jahrhundert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sprachgebiete_der_Schweiz_im_20._Jahrhundert.jpg/440px-Sprachgebiete_der_Schweiz_im_20._Jahrhundert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2246" data-file-height="2052" /></a><figcaption>Geography of languages in Switzerland in the early 20th century. Page from a school atlas, in the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Museum_of_Switzerland" title="Jewish Museum of Switzerland">Jewish Museum of Switzerland</a>'s collection.</figcaption></figure> <p>By the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, a marked difference had developed within the German-speaking part of Switzerland between the rural cantons (Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Glarus, Zug, Appenzell, Schaffhausen) and the city cantons (Lucerne, Berne, Zurich, Solothurn, Fribourg, Basel, St. Gallen), divided by views about trade and commerce. After the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Reformation">Reformation</a>, all cantons were either Catholic or Protestant, and the denominational influences on culture added to the differences. Even today, when all cantons are somewhat denominationally mixed, the different historical denominations can be seen in the mountain villages, where Roman Catholic Central Switzerland abounds with chapels and statues of saints, and the farmhouses in the very similar landscape of the Protestant Bernese Oberland show Bible verses carved on the housefronts instead. </p><p>In addition to this more widespread notion of Swiss German dialect, there is also <a href="/wiki/Walser_German" title="Walser German">Walser German</a>, another <a href="/wiki/Highest_Alemannic" class="mw-redirect" title="Highest Alemannic">Highest Alemannic</a> speech brought by <a href="/wiki/Walser" class="mw-redirect" title="Walser">Walser</a> emigrants from <a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">Valais</a>. </p><p>Because the largest part of Switzerland is German-speaking, many French, Italian, and Romansh speakers migrate to the rest of Switzerland, and the children of those non-German-speaking Swiss-born within the rest of Switzerland speak German. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French">French</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arpitan_francoprovencal_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Arpitan_francoprovencal_map.jpg/300px-Arpitan_francoprovencal_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Arpitan_francoprovencal_map.jpg/450px-Arpitan_francoprovencal_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Arpitan_francoprovencal_map.jpg/600px-Arpitan_francoprovencal_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1168" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Arpitan" class="mw-redirect" title="Arpitan">Arpitan</a> language area map with place names in Arpitan and historic political divisions</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Swiss_French" title="Swiss French">Swiss French</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suisse_romande" class="mw-redirect" title="Suisse romande">Suisse romande</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Romandy" title="Romandy">Romandy</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Romandie, la Suisse romande</i>, <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Romandie, Welschland, Welschschweiz, or in some contexts: Westschweiz</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Welsch_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welsch-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Svizzera romanda</i>) is the French-speaking part of <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. It covers the area of the <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">cantons</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Vaud" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Vaud">Vaud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">Jura</a> as well as the French-speaking parts of the cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a> (German-speaking majority), <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Valais" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Valais">Valais</a> (French-speaking majority), and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Fribourg</a> (French-speaking majority). 1.9 million people (or 24.4% of the Swiss population) live in Romandy.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Standard <a href="/wiki/Swiss_French" title="Swiss French">Swiss French</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Standard_French" title="Standard French">French</a> of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> are highly mutually intelligible, though some differences exist. For example, like most Francophone Belgians, speakers of Swiss French use <i>septante</i> (seventy) instead of <i>soixante-dix</i> (literally, "sixty ten") and <i>nonante</i> (ninety) instead of "quatre-vingt-dix" ("four twenty ten"). In the cantons of <a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">Vaud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">Valais</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Fribourg</a>, speakers use <i>huitante</i> (eighty) instead of "quatre-vingts" (four twenties) used in most of the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Francophonie" title="Francophonie">French-speaking world</a>; the cantons of Geneva, Bern and Jura use "quatre-vingts".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Sou_(coin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sou (coin)">Sou</a>" is used throughout Romandy for a <a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc" title="Coins of the Swiss franc">5-centime coin</a>, as is "tune" (or "thune") when referring to a 5-Swiss-franc piece. Swiss French also uses "déjeuner, dîner, souper" for breakfast, lunch and dinner instead of "petit-déjeuner, déjeuner, dîner" used in France. </p><p>Historically, the vernacular language used by inhabitants of most parts of Romandy was <a href="/wiki/Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-Provençal language">Franco-Provençal</a>. Franco-Provençal (also called Arpitan) is a language sometimes considered to be halfway between the <a href="/wiki/Langue_d%27o%C3%AFl" class="mw-redirect" title="Langue d'oïl">langue d'oïl</a> (the historical language of northern France and ancestor of French) and Occitan (the <a href="/wiki/Langue_d%27oc" class="mw-redirect" title="Langue d'oc">langue d'oc</a>, spoken in southern France). Standard French and Franco-Provençal/Arpitan, linguistically, are distinct and mutual intelligibility is limited. Increasingly, Franco-Provençal/Arpitan is used only by members of the older generations.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In parts of Jura <a href="/wiki/Franc-Comtois" class="mw-redirect" title="Franc-Comtois">Franc-Comtois</a> dialects are also spoken; these belong to the same <a href="/wiki/O%C3%AFl" class="mw-redirect" title="Oïl">Oïl</a> bloc as Standard French. </p><p>The term <i>Romandy</i> does not formally exist in the political system, but is used to distinguish and unify the French-speaking population of Switzerland. The <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> channel <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Suisse_Romande" title="Télévision Suisse Romande">Télévision Suisse Romande</a> (TSR) served the <i>Romande</i> community across Switzerland and worldwide through <a href="/wiki/TV5Monde" title="TV5Monde">TV5Monde</a> until it was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Radio_Suisse_Romande" title="Radio Suisse Romande">Radio Suisse Romande</a> (RSR) and renamed <a href="/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Suisse" title="Radio Télévision Suisse">RTS</a> (Radio Télévision Suisse) in 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Italian">Italian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Italian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Italian" title="Swiss Italian">Swiss Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">Ticino</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Italian_Graub%C3%BCnden" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Graubünden">Italian Graubünden</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Suisse_italiene.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Suisse_italiene.png/250px-Suisse_italiene.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Suisse_italiene.png/375px-Suisse_italiene.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Suisse_italiene.png/500px-Suisse_italiene.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Italian" title="Swiss Italian">Italian language in Switzerland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Italian Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Svizzera italiana</i>, <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>: <i lang="rm">Svizra taliana</i>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Suisse italienne</i>, <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">italienische Schweiz</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Italian" title="Swiss Italian">Italian-speaking part of Switzerland</a>, which includes the canton of <a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">Ticino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_Graub%C3%BCnden" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Graubünden">the southern part of Grisons</a>. Italian is also spoken in the <a href="/wiki/Zwischbergen" title="Zwischbergen">Gondo</a> Valley (leading to the <a href="/wiki/Simplon_Pass" title="Simplon Pass">Simplon Pass</a>, on the southern part of the watershed) in Valais. The traditional vernacular of this region is the <a href="/wiki/Lombard_language" title="Lombard language">Lombard language</a>, specifically its <a href="/wiki/Ticinese_dialect" title="Ticinese dialect">Ticinese dialect</a>. </p><p>The linguistic region covers an area of about 3,500 km<sup>2</sup> and has a total population of around 350,000,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the number of Italophones residing in Switzerland being 545,274 (about 7% of the Swiss population).<sup id="cite_ref-CHLangHome2012_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHLangHome2012-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The proportion of Italian-speaking inhabitants had been decreasing since the 1970s, after reaching a high of 12% of the population during the same decade. This was entirely because of the reduced number of immigrants from Italy to Switzerland. However it has increased again during the last decade.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (September 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-FSOML_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSOML-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Romansh">Romansh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Romansh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh language</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Grisons" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Grisons">Canton of Grisons</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schulsprachen_Romanischb%C3%BCnden_2003.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Schulsprachen_Romanischb%C3%BCnden_2003.PNG/220px-Schulsprachen_Romanischb%C3%BCnden_2003.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Schulsprachen_Romanischb%C3%BCnden_2003.PNG/330px-Schulsprachen_Romanischb%C3%BCnden_2003.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Schulsprachen_Romanischb%C3%BCnden_2003.PNG/440px-Schulsprachen_Romanischb%C3%BCnden_2003.PNG 2x" data-file-width="2952" data-file-height="2119" /></a><figcaption>Languages of instruction in the traditionally Romansh-speaking areas of Grisons as of 2003<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white;"> </span> Romansh school</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#51A8FF; color:black;"> </span> Bilingual Romansh-German school</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#04D00F; color:black;"> </span> German school, Romansh as a subject</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#008000; color:white;"> </span> German schooling only</div></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a> is an official language in the trilingual <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Grisons" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Grisons">Canton of Grisons</a>, where the municipalities in turn are free to specify their own official languages. Romansh has been recognized as one of four "national languages" by the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Swiss Federal Constitution</a> since 1938. It was also declared an "official language" of the Confederation in 1996, meaning that Romansh speakers may use their language for correspondence with the federal government and expect to receive a Romansh response. Although Romansh is split into several dialects, the federal and cantonal authorities use the standardized version (<i>Romansh Grischun</i>) exclusively. </p><p>Romansh speakers remain predominant in the <a href="/wiki/Surselva" class="mw-redirect" title="Surselva">Surselva</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Albula_Region" title="Albula Region">Albula Region</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Engiadina_Bassa/Val_M%C3%BCstair_Region" title="Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region">Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While learning one of the other national languages at school is important, many Swiss nowadays find it easier to use <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> with other Swiss people of different linguistic backgrounds.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, Switzerland ranked 23rd in Europe in the <a href="/wiki/EF_English_Proficiency_Index" title="EF English Proficiency Index">English Proficiency Index of EF language school</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SWI_swissinfo.ch_2023_l777_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWI_swissinfo.ch_2023_l777-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Swissinfo, a multilingual outlet of <a href="/wiki/Schweizer_Radio_und_Fernsehen" title="Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen">Swiss Radio and Television</a>, reported in 2021 that interview subjects are often asked technical questions in English, given that interviewers are often not proficient enough to do so in the local language. The interviewees then answer in their own local language. The interviews are later translated and dubbed over at the studio. A 2003 study on the online communication behavior of Swiss medical students showed that they quickly changed to English as soon as students from other languages were involved. The main drivers behind using English were the Italian-speaking students from Ticino, as students from other parts of the country rarely understood their messages.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Inhabitants who mainly speak English in everyday life </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Area</th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">Canton of Zug</a></td> <td>14.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Walchwil" title="Walchwil">Walchwil</a>, village in the Canton of Zug</td> <td>27.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zug" title="Zug">City of Zug</a></td> <td>20.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basel-Stadt" title="Basel-Stadt">Canton of Basel-City</a></td> <td>12.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">Canton of Geneva</a></td> <td>11.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Zürich">Canton of Zurich</a></td> <td>10.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Residents aged 15 or above; according to 2022 census data<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In advertising and sports, English slogans and labels are frequently used, as it reduces the need for regional branding. For example, Swiss railways sell tourism offers through the "RailAway" label since 1999, and many national sport federations have English names (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Olympic_Association" title="Swiss Olympic Association">Swiss Olympic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Super_League" title="Swiss Super League">Swiss Super League</a>), with their German or French names almost never being used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_languages">Other languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Franco-Provençal and Lombard</dt></dl> <p>Besides the national languages and the many varieties of <a href="/wiki/Swiss_German_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss German language">Swiss German</a>, several regional Romance languages are spoken natively in Switzerland: <a href="/wiki/Franco-Proven%C3%A7al" title="Franco-Provençal">Franco-Provençal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lombard_language" title="Lombard language">Lombard</a>. </p> <dl><dt>Sinte</dt></dl><p> About 20,000 <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a> speak <a href="/wiki/Sinte_Romani" title="Sinte Romani">Sinte</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indic language</a>. </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_der_Schweizerischen_Eidgenossenschaft.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Logo_der_Schweizerischen_Eidgenossenschaft.svg/220px-Logo_der_Schweizerischen_Eidgenossenschaft.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Logo_der_Schweizerischen_Eidgenossenschaft.svg/330px-Logo_der_Schweizerischen_Eidgenossenschaft.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Logo_der_Schweizerischen_Eidgenossenschaft.svg/440px-Logo_der_Schweizerischen_Eidgenossenschaft.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="790" data-file-height="255" /></a><figcaption>The logo of the Swiss <a href="/wiki/Federal_administration_of_Switzerland" title="Federal administration of Switzerland">Federal administration</a>, in the four national languages of Switzerland</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Sign languages</dt></dl> <p>Five <a href="/wiki/Sign_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Sign languages">sign languages</a> are used: <a href="/wiki/Swiss-German_Sign_Language" title="Swiss-German Sign Language">Swiss-German</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Sign_Language" title="French Sign Language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_Sign_Language" title="Italian Sign Language">Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Sign_Language" title="Austrian Sign Language">Austrian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/German_Sign_Language" title="German Sign Language">German</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wittmann_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wittmann-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption><i>Language in Switzerland</i><sup id="cite_ref-Structural_survey_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Structural_survey-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Language </th> <th colspan="2">2000<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Mother tongue </th> <th colspan="2">2015<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Previous citation does not provide any of the data in this column (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />Main language </th> <th colspan="2">2018<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Main language </th> <th colspan="2">2020<sup id="cite_ref-Languages_2020_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Languages_2020-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Main language </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:right">Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> </td> <td>4,639,762 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001636629477731232♠" style="display:none"></span>63.7% </td> <td>4,424,150 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001640455495497999♠" style="display:none"></span>64% </td> <td>4,458,156 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001629321457670931♠" style="display:none"></span>62.9% </td> <td>4,477,946 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001622999938088808♠" style="display:none"></span>62.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> </td> <td>1,484,411 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001203678507576142♠" style="display:none"></span>20.4% </td> <td>1,567,197 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001226872943091436♠" style="display:none"></span>22.7% </td> <td>1,619,708 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001228640944722721♠" style="display:none"></span>22.9% </td> <td>1,624,424 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001226000057041771♠" style="display:none"></span>22.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> </td> <td>470,961 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000646213438236226♠" style="display:none"></span>6.5% </td> <td>581,381 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000841627558803662♠" style="display:none"></span>8.4% </td> <td>593,646 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000838001555038715♠" style="display:none"></span>8.4% </td> <td>575,017 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000799999721747453♠" style="display:none"></span>8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Romansch_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Romansch language">Romansch</a> </td> <td>35,072 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999481228757918828♠" style="display:none"></span>0.5% </td> <td>40,299 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999583382480545955♠" style="display:none"></span>0.6% </td> <td>36,709 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999518190960335219♠" style="display:none"></span>0.5% </td> <td>35,938 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999500005912866606♠" style="display:none"></span>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td>73,422 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000100743550022571♠" style="display:none"></span>1% </td> <td>374,642 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000542344919915377♠" style="display:none"></span>5.4% </td> <td>471,056 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000585666314891387♠" style="display:none"></span>5.9% </td> <td>416,887 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000579999346106516♠" style="display:none"></span>5.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> </td> <td>89,527 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000122841488966123♠" style="display:none"></span>1.2% </td> <td>256,560 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000371405268639098♠" style="display:none"></span>3.7% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>251,570 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000349999965218431♠" style="display:none"></span>3.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a> </td> <td>94,937 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000130264640141821♠" style="display:none"></span>1.3% </td> <td>188,125 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000272336358601225♠" style="display:none"></span>2.7% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>230,007 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000320000166951527♠" style="display:none"></span>3.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Serbo-Croatian" title="Serbo-Croatian">Serbo-Croatian</a> </td> <td>103,350 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000141808257672533♠" style="display:none"></span>1.4% </td> <td>161,882 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000234346069916723♠" style="display:none"></span>2.3% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>165,317 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000229999380888084♠" style="display:none"></span>2.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> </td> <td>76,750 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000105309954294793♠" style="display:none"></span>1.1% </td> <td>159,859 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000231417504051206♠" style="display:none"></span>2.3% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>172,505 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000239999777397963♠" style="display:none"></span>2.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> </td> <td>44,523 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999610907504243270♠" style="display:none"></span>0.6% </td> <td>78,015 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000112937254571559♠" style="display:none"></span>1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> </td> <td>14,345 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999196830136072810♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td> <td>36,857 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999533554879413441♠" style="display:none"></span>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> </td> <td>8,570 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999117590398476401♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>32,244 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999469670741180500♠" style="display:none"></span>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> </td> <td>21,816 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999299340972364198♠" style="display:none"></span>0.3% </td> <td>31,145 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999450865960857683♠" style="display:none"></span>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a> </td> <td>5,206 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998714323937535760♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>24,881 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999360186096391074♠" style="display:none"></span>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> </td> <td>11,840 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999162458613530991♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td> <td>22,357 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999323647785740736♠" style="display:none"></span>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a> </td> <td>6,194 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998849889064367365♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>20,597 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999298169407474255♠" style="display:none"></span>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a> </td> <td>7,531 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999103334106292389♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>19,401 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999280855691334079♠" style="display:none"></span>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a> </td> <td>7,569 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999103855510626357♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>14,528 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999199341109575865♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> </td> <td>4,792 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998657518307466647♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>13,763 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999199238022773616♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a> </td> <td>5,444 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998746980314242159♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>13,433 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999194460826848651♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a> </td> <td>3,397 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998466108032233764♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>12,738 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999184399762703649♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> </td> <td>8,279 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999113597538971543♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>12,324 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999178406553270511♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a> </td> <td>2,018 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998276893143670220♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>12,072 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999174758512745993♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> </td> <td>3,467 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998475712848912117♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>11,108 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999160803310104580♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a> </td> <td>6,415 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998880212842737592♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>10,698 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999154868006076593♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a> </td> <td>5,560 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998762896867594857♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>8,771 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999126972077145055♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a> </td> <td>4,226 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998579856504038825♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>6,720 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998972810806538330♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a> </td> <td>3,019 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998414242022170661♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>6,275 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998908391043307742♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a> </td> <td>4,100 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998562567834017790♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>6,001 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998868725840779244♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a> </td> <td>2,739 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998375822755457251♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>5,272 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998763193239891381♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan language">Tibetan</a> </td> <td>1,108 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998152030526851637♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>5,219 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998755520773708861♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a> </td> <td>1,579 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998216657221930266♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>4,583 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998663451179518626♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a> </td> <td>2,628 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998360592260438720♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>4,299 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998622338341861351♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a> </td> <td>1,407 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998193056815234885♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>3,846 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998556760470527741♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Slovene_language" title="Slovene language">Slovene</a> </td> <td>1,601 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998219675878600605♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>3,690 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998573263510995802♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Somali_language" title="Somali language">Somali</a> </td> <td>2,661 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998365120245444229♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>3,607 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998522161990949964♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aramaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Aramaic language">Aramaic</a> </td> <td>1,333 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998182903151889198♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>2,465 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998356842059243599♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> </td> <td>1,176 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998161360920196322♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>2,159 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998312544424303014♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a> </td> <td>1,361 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998186745078560539♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>2,108 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998305161485146250♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a> </td> <td>1,202 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998164928423533996♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>1,816 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998262890539385953♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other languages </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>77,751 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000112555078897562♠" style="display:none"></span>1.1% </td> <td>1,255,656 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001177250698327571♠" style="display:none"></span>17.7% </td> <td>589,393 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000820000514767210♠" style="display:none"></span>8.2% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Neo-Latin">Neo-Latin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Neo-Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Name_of_Switzerland" title="Name of Switzerland">Name of Switzerland</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F%C3%BCnffranken_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/F%C3%BCnffranken_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-F%C3%BCnffranken_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/F%C3%BCnffranken_%28cropped%29.jpg/270px-F%C3%BCnffranken_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/F%C3%BCnffranken_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="301" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc" title="Coins of the Swiss franc">Swiss five-franc coin</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> inscription <i>Confoederatio Helvetica</i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundeshaus_Bern_2009,_Flooffy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bundeshaus_Bern_2009%2C_Flooffy.jpg/220px-Bundeshaus_Bern_2009%2C_Flooffy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bundeshaus_Bern_2009%2C_Flooffy.jpg/330px-Bundeshaus_Bern_2009%2C_Flooffy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bundeshaus_Bern_2009%2C_Flooffy.jpg/440px-Bundeshaus_Bern_2009%2C_Flooffy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="843" /></a><figcaption>The Federal Palace of Switzerland, with the Latin inscription <i><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r920966791">.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}</style><span class="smallcaps">Curia Confoederationis Helveticae</span></i></figcaption></figure> <p>To avoid having to translate the <a href="/wiki/Name_of_Switzerland" title="Name of Switzerland">name of Switzerland</a> into the four national languages,<sup id="cite_ref-Name_of_Switzerland_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Name_of_Switzerland-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> is used on the <a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Swiss_franc" title="Coins of the Swiss franc">coins of the Swiss franc</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a></i> or <i>Confoederatio Helvetica</i>) and on <a href="/wiki/Swiss_stamps" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss stamps">Swiss stamps</a> (<i>Helvetia</i>). The <a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">country code top-level domain</a> for Switzerland on the internet is <a href="/wiki/.ch" title=".ch">.ch</a>, the abbreviation of the Latin name, <i>Confoederatio Helvetica</i> (Swiss Confederation); similarly, the <a href="/wiki/International_vehicle_registration_code" title="International vehicle registration code">International vehicle registration code</a> for Swiss automobiles is "CH". The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Palace_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Palace of Switzerland">Federal Palace of Switzerland</a> bears the inscription <i><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Curia Confoederationis Helveticae</span></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To have a unique name across the country (without favoring German, French or any other language), several Swiss foundations and associations have Latin names, such as <a href="/wiki/Pro_Helvetia" title="Pro Helvetia">Pro Helvetia</a>, Pro Infirmis, <a href="/wiki/Pro_Juventute" title="Pro Juventute">Pro Juventute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pro_Natura_(Switzerland)" title="Pro Natura (Switzerland)">Pro Natura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pro_Patria_(association)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Patria (association)">Pro Patria</a>, Pro Senectute, <a href="/wiki/Pro_Specie_Rara" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Specie Rara">Pro Specie Rara</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Helvetia_Nostra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Helvetia Nostra (page does not exist)">Helvetia Nostra</a>, and many more. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_people" title="Swiss people">Swiss people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Switzerland" title="Demographics of Switzerland">Demographics of Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6stigraben" title="Röstigraben">Röstigraben</a>, referring to the asserted difference in mentality between German Swiss and the French-speaking Romands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_literature" title="Swiss literature">Swiss literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_multilingual_countries_and_regions" title="List of multilingual countries and regions">List of multilingual countries and regions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Welsch-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Welsch_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a href="/wiki/Walha" class="mw-redirect" title="Walha">Welsch</a>" is an old German word for "Foreign" and is the same word the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons">Anglo-Saxons</a> used for the original British inhabitants which today are the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">Welsh people</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Structural_survey-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Structural_survey_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Since 2010, statistics of languages in Switzerland provided by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office are based on a national structural survey of 200,000 people aged 15 years and older (corresponding to 2.5% of the total resident population). Data are <a href="/wiki/Extrapolation" title="Extrapolation">extrapolated</a> to obtain statistical results for the whole population (aged 15 years and older). These results are estimates subject to some degree of uncertainty indicated by a <a href="/wiki/Confidence_interval" title="Confidence interval">confidence interval</a>. Therefore, the figures of the structural survey may not be entirely comparable to data collection before 2010 based on census figures (counting every person living in Switzerland).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Name_of_Switzerland-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Name_of_Switzerland_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">When there is no room to use the four official languages, unlike on the <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc" title="Banknotes of the Swiss franc">banknotes of the Swiss franc</a>, on the logo of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_administration_of_Switzerland" title="Federal administration of Switzerland">Federal administration of Switzerland</a> and on the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_passport" title="Swiss passport">Swiss passport</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.vpod-ticino.ch/Articoli/Leggi_articolo.php?art_id=202">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090410065554/http://www.vpod-ticino.ch/Articoli/Leggi_articolo.php?art_id=202">Archived</a> 10 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bevoelkerung/sprachen-religionen/sprachen.html">"Sprachen 2015"</a> (in German, French, and Italian). 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title="Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy">Growth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformation_in_Switzerland" title="Reformation in Switzerland">Reformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Modern Switzerland">Early Modern era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_in_the_Napoleonic_era" title="Switzerland in the Napoleonic era">Napoleonic era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_and_Regeneration_in_Switzerland" title="Restoration and Regeneration in Switzerland">Restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_as_a_federal_state" title="Switzerland as a federal state">Federal state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland during the World Wars">World wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_history_of_Switzerland" title="Modern history of Switzerland">Modern history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Switzerland" title="Military history of Switzerland">Military history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Switzerland" title="List of wars involving Switzerland">list of wars</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historiography_of_Switzerland" title="Historiography of Switzerland">Historiography</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Switzerland_(Pantone).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Coat_of_Arms_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/80px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Coat_of_Arms_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Alps" title="Swiss Alps">Swiss Alps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Plateau" title="Swiss Plateau">Swiss Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jura_Mountains" title="Jura Mountains">Jura Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Switzerland" title="Subdivisions of Switzerland">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Cantons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Innerrhoden" title="Appenzell Innerrhoden">AI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">AG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Ausserrhoden" title="Appenzell Ausserrhoden">AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">BE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basel-Landschaft" title="Basel-Landschaft">BL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basel-Stadt" title="Basel-Stadt">BS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">FR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">GE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">GL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grisons" title="Grisons">GR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">JU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">LU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidwalden" title="Nidwalden">NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">OW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Canton of St. Gallen">SG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schaffhausen" title="Canton of Schaffhausen">SH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">SO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">SZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurgau" title="Thurgau">TG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">TI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">UR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">VD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">VS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">ZG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zurich" title="Canton of Zurich">ZH</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Switzerland" title="Districts of Switzerland">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Switzerland" title="Municipalities of Switzerland">Municipalities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Switzerland" title="List of cities in Switzerland">list of cities and towns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Switzerland" title="NUTS statistical regions of Switzerland">Statistical regions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Switzerland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Switzerland" title="List of earthquakes in Switzerland">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Switzerland" title="List of extreme points of Switzerland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Switzerland" title="Fauna of Switzerland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Switzerland" title="Forests of Switzerland">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_glaciers_in_Switzerland" title="List of glaciers in Switzerland">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrology_of_Switzerland" title="Hydrology of Switzerland">Hydrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Switzerland" title="List of islands of Switzerland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Switzerland" title="List of lakes of Switzerland">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_passes_in_Switzerland" title="List of mountain passes in Switzerland">Mountain passes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prominent_mountains_of_Switzerland" title="List of prominent mountains of Switzerland">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_parks_in_Switzerland" title="Nature parks in Switzerland">Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Switzerland" title="List of rivers of Switzerland">Rivers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Switzerland" title="Politics of Switzerland">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Switzerland" title="Subdivisions of Switzerland">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_courts_of_Switzerland" title="Federal courts of Switzerland">Courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Switzerland" title="Elections in Switzerland">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Switzerland" title="Foreign relations of Switzerland">Foreign relations</a></li> <li>Government <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Council_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Council (Switzerland)">Federal Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation" title="President of the Swiss Confederation">President of the Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_administration_of_Switzerland" title="Federal administration of Switzerland">Federal administration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Switzerland" title="Human rights in Switzerland">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Switzerland">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landsgemeinde" title="Landsgemeinde">Landsgemeinde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Switzerland" title="Law of Switzerland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Switzerland" title="Law enforcement in Switzerland">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Armed_Forces" title="Swiss Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Redoubt_(Switzerland)" title="National Redoubt (Switzerland)">National Redoubt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_neutrality" title="Swiss neutrality">Neutrality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Assembly (Switzerland)">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Switzerland)" title="National Council (Switzerland)">National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_States_(Switzerland)" title="Council of States (Switzerland)">Council of States</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Switzerland" title="List of political parties in Switzerland">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_initiative_in_Switzerland" title="Popular initiative in Switzerland">Popular initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland" title="Voting in Switzerland">Voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_decree" title="Federal decree">Federal decree</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Switzerland" title="Economy of Switzerland">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Switzerland" title="Economic history of Switzerland">Economic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Switzerland" title="Agriculture in Switzerland">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Switzerland" title="Banking in Switzerland">Banking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank" title="Swiss National Bank">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Switzerland" title="List of banks in Switzerland">Private banks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Switzerland" title="List of companies of Switzerland">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Switzerland" title="Energy in Switzerland">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Franc <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland">Pharmaceutical industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Switzerland" title="Science and technology in Switzerland">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIX_Swiss_Exchange" title="SIX Swiss Exchange">Stock exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_made" title="Swiss made">Swiss made</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Switzerland" title="Taxation in Switzerland">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Switzerland" title="Telecommunications in Switzerland">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Switzerland" title="Tourism in Switzerland">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Switzerland" title="Trade unions in Switzerland">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Switzerland" title="Transport in Switzerland">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Switzerland" title="List of airports in Switzerland">air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Switzerland" title="Rail transport in Switzerland">rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Swiss_main_roads" title="List of Swiss main roads">road</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waste_management_in_Switzerland" title="Waste management in Switzerland">Waste management</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Switzerland" title="Category:Society of Switzerland">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Switzerland" title="Abortion in Switzerland">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Switzerland" title="Capital punishment in Switzerland">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Switzerland" title="Conscription in Switzerland">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Switzerland" title="Corruption in Switzerland">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Switzerland" title="Crime in Switzerland">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Switzerland" title="Demographics of Switzerland">Demographics</a></li> <li><a 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title="List of prisons in Switzerland">Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_Switzerland" title="Poverty in Switzerland">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Switzerland" title="Prostitution in Switzerland">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_security_in_Switzerland" title="Social security in Switzerland">Social security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_people" title="Swiss people">Swiss people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Welfare_Policy_in_Switzerland" title="Public Welfare Policy in Switzerland">Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Switzerland" title="Women in Switzerland">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Switzerland" title="Culture of Switzerland">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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