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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 ]
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 ...
French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]
Switzerland (National and official language with French, Italian, and ) [41] Official language in 21 cantons: 17 of the 26 cantons (monolingually German) Canton of Grisons (with Italian and Romansh) Canton of Bern (with French) Canton of Fribourg (with French) Canton of Valais (with French) Gonja:
French language (20 C, 39 P) G. German language (25 C, 66 P) I. ... Pages in category "Languages of Switzerland" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of ...
The federal government is obliged to communicate in the official languages, and in the federal parliament simultaneous translation is provided from and into German, French and Italian. [225] Aside from the official forms of their respective languages, the four linguistic regions of Switzerland also have local dialectal forms.
As the HDS is being edited in the three official languages of Switzerland, the template contains links to the German, French and Italian versions of the HDS article. Some articles may not yet be available in all languages, but they are supposed to eventually be. Dead links in one or two languages are therefore no cause for concern.
Romansh became a national language of Switzerland in 1938, following a referendum. A distinction was introduced between "national languages" and "official languages". The status of a national language was largely symbolic, whereas only official languages were to be used in official documents, a status reserved for German, French, and Italian.