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[MaineWriter]

Are there not 4 languages there still ?

Here in Basel they speak German. In Switzerland, the official languages are German, French, and Italian.

My understanding (and Chrissi, correct me if I get this wrong) is that the Swiss speak a version of German which they called Swiss-Deutsch. It is not a written language, only spoken. For writing they write Hacht (sp? High) German which is "proper" German. My understanding is also that people who speak Swiss-Deutsch can also speak Hacht (high) German...except for maybe very uneducated people, or very old people...

I guess if you call Swiss-Deutsch a language, there are four languages spoken in the country. Not sure if it counts as a language, though, so I am not sure if it is correct to say three or four.

L

[David In Indy]

Here in Basel they speak German. In Switzerland, the official languages are German, French, and Italian.

My understanding (and Chrissi, correct me if I get this wrong) is that the Swiss speak a version of German which they called Swiss-Deutsch. It is not a written language, only spoken. For writing they write Hacht (sp? High) German which is "proper" German. My understanding is also that people who speak Swiss-Deutsch can also speak Hacht (high) German...except for maybe very uneducated people, or very old people...

I guess if you call Swiss-Deutsch a language, there are four languages spoken in the country. Not sure if it counts as a language, though, so I am not sure if it is correct to say three or four.

L

Thanks for explaining it to us Leslie!

[Artiste]

I always thought and was told that the 4th Language there was a romanian one or something like that?

[Artiste]

Here they are 4:

        The four official languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian and Romansh.               


Romansh!

Hugs!

[Artiste]

Pic...

[MaineWriter]

Oh, who cares about the languages! Let's have some pictures!

Here's the tram I ride to get to and from the University. They have these green trams all over the city and I love riding on them.

[MaineWriter]

On Sunday we drove to a small town to hear a Dixieland Jazz concert (yes, I go all the way to Switzerland to hear Dixieland jazz. Go figure!). I don't know the name of the town but it was pretty. Here are a few scenes:

[Artiste]

Pink: French;
yellow: German`
green: Italian;
red: Romansh !!!!

Nice to get educated every day !

And see those pics too!!

[MaineWriter]

At the University, they actually gave me a desk to work at! How civilized!

[Artiste]

Civilized!