Switzerland Language Stats

French status: Status of French language in selected countries. Additional information for Mauritius provided by the Ministry of Tourism website of the Republic of Mauritius
Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Languages > Note: This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
Major language(s): Country major languages.

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STAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
French status	33% of the population of Switzerland speak French every day (1990 census). Official language. Used for education in French-speaking areas. Bible 1530-1986.	2044
Languages	German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8%; note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages	2000
Languages > Note	German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national languages, but only the first three are official languages	2011
Linguistic diversity index	0.547	2009	78th out of 200
Major language(s)	German, French, Italian, Romansch	2013

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In India, $32 are enough to go to the movies ten times. In Switzerland of Japan, they won’t suffice to buy two tickets.

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