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Italian, as the third Swiss national language, is spoken in Italian-speaking Switzerland (Ticino and the southern part of Grisons).It is an official language both at the federal level and in the two cantons mentioned.
Italy portal; Switzerland portal; Swiss Italians, Swiss of the "Swiss Italian" community native to Switzerland (and centred in Ticino), should be listed in Category:Swiss-Italian people. Other Italians or their descendants who have Swiss citizenship should be listed on this page.
Switzerland portal See also: Category:Swiss expatriates in Italy , Category:Swiss people of Italian descent , Category:Swiss-Italian people , and Category:Italian expatriates in Switzerland Subcategories
This category is misnamed (or ambiguously named). It is intended for Italian-speaking Swiss people, who constitute the majority of the population in Ticino, not for Category:Swiss people of Italian descent or Category:Italian people of Swiss descent.
The Swiss people (German: die Schweizer, French: les Suisses, Italian: gli Svizzeri, Romansh: ils Svizzers) are the citizens of the multi-ethnic Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) regardless of ethno-cultural background [b] or people of self-identified Swiss ancestry.
The official name of the canton is Republic and Canton of Ticino (Italian: Repubblica e Cantone Ticino), and the two-letter code is TI. It is one of the four cantons of Switzerland officially referred to as "republics", along with Geneva, Neuchâtel and Jura.
Michelle Hunziker (born 1977), TV presenter previously married to the Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti; Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), founder of IKEA, Swiss resident 1976-2014; Carl Lutz (1895–1975), diplomat and humanitarian; Robert Maillart (1872–1940), civil engineer, inventor of many concrete bridge techniques
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]