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==Description==
==Description==
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>
Switzerland has four official languages: ''(Many Swiss speak more than one language)''
* '''German''' - 65% of the population ''(spoken in fifteen cantons)''
* '''French''' - 18% ''(spoken officially in six cantons:  Fribourg, Vaud, Jura, Valais, Neuchâtel, and Geneva)''
* '''Italian''' - 10% ''(spoken in Ticino and parts of Graubünden)''
* '''Romansh''' - 1% ''(an old Latin dialect spoken mainly in the mountains of Graubünden)''
* Others - 6%
 
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>


==Word List(s)==
==Word List(s)==

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Description[edit | edit source]

Switzerland has four official languages: (Many Swiss speak more than one language)

  • German - 65% of the population (spoken in fifteen cantons)
  • French - 18% (spoken officially in six cantons: Fribourg, Vaud, Jura, Valais, Neuchâtel, and Geneva)
  • Italian - 10% (spoken in Ticino and parts of Graubünden)
  • Romansh - 1% (an old Latin dialect spoken mainly in the mountains of Graubünden)
  • Others - 6%

Records are written in the major languages and Latin which was used extensively in early records.[1]

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  1. ↑ 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.
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