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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Switzerland has four official languages: | Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. The German speakers are 65% of the population while the French are 18%, Italian 10%, Romansh 1% and others 6%. Many Swiss speak more than one language. Romansh is an old Latin dialect spoken mainly in the mountains of Graubünden. French is spoken officially in six cantons: Fribourg, Vaud, Jura, Valais, Neuchâtel, and Geneva. Italian is spoken in Ticino and parts of Graubünden. German with a myriad of dialects is spoken in the other fifteen cantons: Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden (consists of half cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden), Glarus, Zug, Solothurn, Basel (consists of half cantons of Basel-Stadt and Baselland), Schaffhausen, Appenzell (consists of half cantons of Appenzell-Innerrhoden and Appenzell-Ausserrhoden), St. Gallen, Aargau, Thurgau, and in the rest of Graubünden. Major foreign groups are southern and Eastern Europeans. Records are written in the major languages and Latin which was used extensively in early records.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref> | ||
Records are written in the major languages and Latin which was used extensively in early records.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998 | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
*[[German | *[[German Word List]] | ||
*[[French Genealogical Word List]] | *[[French Genealogical Word List|French Word List]] | ||
*[[Italian Genealogical Word List]] | *[[Italian Genealogical Word List|Italian Genealogical Word List]] | ||
*[[Swiss-German Genealogical Word List | *[[Swiss-German Genealogical Word List|Swiss-German Genealogical Word List]] | ||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||
==Additional Resources== | |||
== References == | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Description[edit | edit source]
Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. The German speakers are 65% of the population while the French are 18%, Italian 10%, Romansh 1% and others 6%. Many Swiss speak more than one language. Romansh is an old Latin dialect spoken mainly in the mountains of Graubünden. French is spoken officially in six cantons: Fribourg, Vaud, Jura, Valais, Neuchâtel, and Geneva. Italian is spoken in Ticino and parts of Graubünden. German with a myriad of dialects is spoken in the other fifteen cantons: Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden (consists of half cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden), Glarus, Zug, Solothurn, Basel (consists of half cantons of Basel-Stadt and Baselland), Schaffhausen, Appenzell (consists of half cantons of Appenzell-Innerrhoden and Appenzell-Ausserrhoden), St. Gallen, Aargau, Thurgau, and in the rest of Graubünden. Major foreign groups are southern and Eastern Europeans. Records are written in the major languages and Latin which was used extensively in early records.[1]
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
- German Word List
- French Word List
- Italian Genealogical Word List
- Swiss-German Genealogical Word List
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.