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STAT	Belgium	Switzerland	HISTORY
French status	The eastern subdialect of Walloon is considered to be more difficult to understand within <a href=/country/be>Belgium</a>. The following <a href=/encyclopedia/Philippine-municipality>municipalities</a> have minority rights for Dutch-speaking persons: Comines-Warneton, Mouscron, Enghien, Floubecques; and for German-speaking persons: Malm�dy, Weismes, Welkenraedt. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1530-1986.	33% of the <a href=/graph-T/peo_pop>population</a> of <a href=/country/sz>Switzerland</a> speak <a href=/country/fr>French</a> every day (1990 census). Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Used for <a href=/cat/Education>education</a> in French-speaking areas. Bible 1530-1986.
Languages	Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)	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%; <i>note:</i> German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages
Linguistic diversity index	0.734 Ranked 45th. 34% more than Switzerland	0.547 Ranked 78th.
Major language(s)	Dutch, French, German	German, French, Italian, Romansch

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