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MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Artiste on September 09, 2008, 06:38:43 pm ---Are there not 4 languages there still ?
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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:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on September 09, 2008, 06:53:01 pm ---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
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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...
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