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Languages of Switzerland

12 languages of the index are spoken in Switzerland; 4 have official status (Romansh, French, German and Italian). The country has about 9.1 m inhabitants (2025).

12 languages2 endangered or dormantEuropeISO CH / CHE

Official languages

All languages spoken in Switzerland

LanguageISOFamilyCountriesSpeakersVitality
fraFrenchfrançaisfraIndo-European+41285.4 m0 · International
deuGermanDeutschdeuIndo-European+9135 m1 · National
itaItalianitalianoitaIndo-European+167.8 m1 · National
gswAlemannicAlemannischgswIndo-European+410 m5 · Developing
lmoLombardLengua lombardalmoIndo-European3.9 m6a · Vigorous
yidYiddishיידישyidIndo-European+261 mDefinitely endangered
frpFranco-ProvençalarpetanfrpIndo-European227,0008b · Nearly Extinct
rohRomanshrumantschrohIndo-European40,0392 · Provincial
waeWalser Germanwae—+122,7806b · Threatened
yecYenishyecIndo-European+116,0006a · Vigorous
slfSwiss-Italian Sign Languageslf—3005 · Developing
sggSwiss-German Sign LanguageDeutschschweizer Gebärdensprachesgg—5 · Developing
12 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata