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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]
Map of the geographical distribution of the official languages of Switzerland (2000) Date: 18 June 2006: Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office; census of 2000: Author: Marco Zanoli (sidonius 13:20, 18 June 2006 (UTC)) Permission (Reusing this file)
The National Maps of Switzerland, also referred to as the Swisstopo maps, are a set of official map series designed, edited and distributed by Swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography. Each map series is based on an oblique, conformal, cylindrical projection (Mercator projection), with a Swiss Coordinate system . All maps are updated ...
Indigenous languages are recognised as national languages in areas where they are spoken. [91] There is no official language at the federal level, although Spanish is the de facto state language. In Guerrero, state constitution provides for use of indigenous languages in education and translating of main provincial laws to these languages. [92]
[222] [221] The fourth national language, Romansh (0.5%), is a Romance language spoken locally in the southeastern trilingual canton of Grisons, and is designated by Article 4 of the Federal Constitution as a national language along with German, French, and Italian. In Article 70 it is mentioned as an official language if the authorities ...
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In popular referendums about constitutional amendments, which require for adoption a national popular majority as well as the assent of a majority of the cantons (Ständemehr / majorité des cantons), the result of the half-cantons' popular vote counts only one half of that of the other cantons (Cst. arts. 140, 142). [61]
Switzerland is divided by language as well. There are four national languages: German (spoken by 63.7% of population), French (by 20.4% of population), Italian (by 6.5%) and Romansh (0.5%). [4] From Bern east (except in the canton of Ticino) the population generally speaks German. West of Bern, the population generally speaks French.