Swiss French (Suisse romand in French) is the name used for the different dialects of French spoken in the Francophone part of Switzerland known as Romandy. Romandy (in French and German Romandie), or la Suisse romande, is the French-speaking part of Switzerland. ...

The differences between Swiss French and French French are mostly difference in vocabulary and both languages are almost entirely mutually intelligible: a Swiss French speaker would have no trouble understanding a French speaker, while a French speaker would encounter only a few words unknown to him while listening to a Swiss French speaker. Swiss French does not differ from the French of France to the same extent that Swiss German differs from standard German (in Switzerland referred to as High German). This was not always the case; however, most of the dialects spoken in the Romandy died out and are thus no longer spoken or used. Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzertütsch) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland. ... Romandy (in French and German Romandie), or la Suisse romande, is the French-speaking part of Switzerland. ...

There is not one standardised Swiss French language: different cantons (or even different towns in some cases) will use different vocabulary, often derived from the local regional language or from German, since Switzerland is predominantly German speaking. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... A regional language is a language spoken in a part of a country - it may be a small area, a federal state or province, or a wider area. ...

Many differences between Swiss French and French are due to the different administrative and political systems between Switzerland and France. For example:

• The word canton has a different meaning in the two countries.
• A post office box in France is called boîte postale (BP), whereas in Switzerland, a French speaker would call it case postale (CP).

Other examples: A canton is a territorial subdivision of a country, e. ...

Several notable differences are in common with Belgian French, such as the use of the word septante for seventy, as opposed to soixante-dix (literally 'sixty-ten') and nonante for ninety, as opposed to quatre-vingts-dix (literally 'four twenties and ten'). The words huitante or octante for eighty, are also sometimes (but not always) used, instead of quatre-vingts (literally 'four twenties'). Also, the words déjeuner (breakfast) and dîner (lunch) are used with the same meaning as in Belgian French and Quebec French, in opposition with the French usage with meanings of lunch and dinner. Belgian French is the variety of French spoken by the french speakers of Belgium, alongside related minority regional languages like the Walloon language, the Picard language, Champenois and Gaumais. ... Belgian French is the variety of French spoken by the french speakers of Belgium, alongside related minority regional languages like the Walloon language, the Picard language, Champenois and Gaumais. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ...

Swiss French is not to be confused with Franco-Provençal or Romansh. Franco-Provençal is a Romance language consisting of dialects that can be found in Italy (Valle dAosta, Piemonte, Calabria, Apulia), in Switzerland (cantons Fribourg, Valais, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, non-German speaking parts of Bern, but not Jura, where the dialects spoken are French) and in France (Dauphinois... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ...