2006-12-13 07:08:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The majority of the population (65%) has Swiss-German as a first language.
About 25% have French, 10% Italian, and about 10000 people (.2%) have Romansch.
But that adds to 100.2% which is wrong because there are a lot of us foreigners as well, who speak among others Albanian, Croatian, English, and even standard German.
The official languages are German (standard), French, and Italian, with Romansch as a "national" (sort of semi-official) language.
Many Swiss people speak English, and it is the language of work in a number of companies (especially in Zurich) and NGOs (Geneva).
Swiss-German is VERY different from standard German, that's all I can say!
2006-12-13 07:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the early 1990s 65 percent of the total population spoke German, 18 percent French, about 10 percent Italian, and about 1 percent Romansh (Rhaeto-Romanic). The latter is a linguistic relic preserved in the mountainous regions between the Gotthard massif and the eastern Alps; it is subdivided into even smaller dialect regions. In 1938 a federal popular vote formally recognized Romansh as a fourth national, and a referendum in 1996 gave it semiofficial status as a federal, language.
2006-12-13 07:24:26 · answer #2 · answered by Britannica Knowledge 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People speak French, German and Italian. The country has borders with all three countries.
2006-12-13 08:41:53 · answer #3 · answered by fabee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the official language of switzerland is french, english is also widely spoken there.
2006-12-13 07:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
German, Italian, French and English, in no particular order, would be the most common.
2006-12-13 07:16:55 · answer #5 · answered by GEEGEE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
german and french are the predominant languages, but many Swiss speak additional languages.
2006-12-13 07:10:00 · answer #6 · answered by Mr 51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swiss-German, German, Italian, French, English as a second language, etc, etc. Very literate people. ;-)
2006-12-13 07:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by ubergrobie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They speak french?
2006-12-13 07:10:19 · answer #8 · answered by risewiththefallen410 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which languages speaks in you?
2006-12-13 07:10:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
everybody there speaks 5
not 4 or 6
exactly 5
2006-12-13 07:10:00 · answer #10 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋