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The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. [ 3] German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation, while Romansh is used in dealings with people who speak it. [ 4]
The only exception within German-speaking Switzerland is the municipality of Samnaun where an Austro-Bavarian dialect is spoken. German is the sole official language in 17 Swiss cantons ( Aargau , Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Appenzell Innerrhoden , Basel-Stadt , Basel-Landschaft , Glarus , Lucerne , Nidwalden , Obwalden , Schaffhausen , Schwyz ...
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [ d][ 13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the ...
A Swiss German speaker. Swiss German ( Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Alemannic German: Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, [ note 1] and others) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy bordering Switzerland.
Switzerland is divided by language as well. There are four national languages: German (spoken by 63.7% of population), French (by 20.4% of population), Italian (by 6.5%) and Romansh (0.5%). [4] From Bern east (except in the canton of Ticino) the population generally speaks German. West of Bern, the population generally speaks French.
Swiss French ( French: français de Suisse or suisse romand) is the variety of French spoken in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. French is one of the four official languages of Switzerland, the others being German, Italian, and Romansch. In 2020 around 2 million people, or 22.8% of the population, in Switzerland spoke ...
Linguistic map of Switzerland. In green, the areas with an Italian-speaking majority. The data relating to the years 2013 and 2014 exceeds 100% because the interviewees had the possibility to indicate several languages spoken; [16] for the same reason, a comparison with the previous data is not possible. The 2013 survey is the result of the new ...
Zurich ( German: Zürich; Alemannic German: Züri) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, [ 5] at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of January 2023, the municipality had 443,037 inhabitants, [ 6] the urban area 1.315 million (2009), [ 7] and the Zurich ...