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Switzerland has four official languages: ''(Many Swiss speak more than one language)'' | Switzerland has four official languages: ''(Many Swiss speak more than one language)'' | ||
* '''German''' - 65% of the population ''(spoken in fifteen cantons)'' | * '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland#German German]''' - 65% of the population ''(spoken in fifteen cantons)'' | ||
* '''French''' - 18% ''(spoken officially in six cantons: Fribourg, Vaud, Jura, Valais, Neuchâtel, and Geneva)'' | * '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland#French French]''' - 18% ''(spoken officially in six cantons: Fribourg, Vaud, Jura, Valais, Neuchâtel, and Geneva)'' | ||
* '''Italian''' - 10% ''(spoken in Ticino and parts of Graubünden)'' | * '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland#Italian Italian]''' - 10% ''(spoken in Ticino and parts of Graubünden)'' | ||
* '''Romansh''' - 1% ''(an old Latin dialect spoken mainly in the mountains of Graubünden)'' | * '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland#Romansh Romansh]''' - 1% ''(an old Latin dialect spoken mainly in the mountains of Graubünden)'' | ||
* Others - 6% | * Others - 6% | ||