2006-10-02 08:51:37 · 5 answers · asked by Female O ♥ 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Depending on where they live, they speak either french (in the west where the french country borders), in the north the alleman tribe speaks alleman (which is a german dialect, "Allemannisch", also spoken by the southwest Germans on the other side of the border).
In the south (towards Italy) they speak italian, and in certain very secluded valleys they speak a very old romanic language (Romansch).
Due to seclution over centuries their language could survive, while many other countries were blended and evolved with other cultural influences. Some swiss areas were so far away from "the world", they could not be reached, that they actually preserved an old language. In german we call that language "Raetho-Romanisch", and in english I have seen it being called "romansch".
2006-10-02 09:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by albgardis T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 4 official languages of Switzerland are (in order of the number of people speaking them) German, French, Italian and Rumauntsch [which is an obscure Romance language spoken in the south of Switzerland near the Italian border]
2006-10-02 23:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by Dennis J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
German, French, Italian, and Rumansch. Exactly like in the USA
2006-10-02 16:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
German, Italian and French....they dont have a language of their own.
2006-10-02 15:54:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
German and french depending on what part of the country...a lot speack English because of this too
2006-10-02 15:54:20 · answer #5 · answered by nicole 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋