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Languages Spoken in Switzerland

Official: French and German and Italian and Romansh and Swiss German

Switzerland has a population of 8.9 million and is home to several distinct language communities, with 8 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. French and German and Italian and Romansh and Swiss German serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Switzerland, 6 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

8.9M
Population
8
Languages
6
LEXIGO

Languages spoken in Switzerland

German Official
German Braille, German alphabet
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76%
CLDR
Swiss German Official
Latin script
66%
CLDR
English
English Braille, English alphabet
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45%
CLDR
French Official
French Braille, French alphabet
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39%
CLDR
Italian Official
Italian Braille, Italian alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
15%
CLDR
Lombard
Latin script
4%
CLDR
Portuguese
Latin script, Portuguese alphabet
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3%
CLDR
Romansh Official Regional
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
0.5%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9% (2019 est.)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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