Talk:Linguistic geography of Switzerland

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Couldn't this page be worked easily enough into Demographics of Switzerland? --KQ

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I do not think Swiss German is an official language in Switzerland. High German is the official German language here, and the term Swiss German is used to describe the different dialects spoken in Switzerland. --zeno 06:54 Jan 10, 2003 (UTC)

There is a separate Swiss Standard German. --dab (𒁳) 17:34, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the following text: <citation>It is considered a derogatory term in Switzerland</citation>

I do not agree. 'Welsch/Wälsch' is not a 'term' used by the german speaking part. It is the swiss german word for 'Romand'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juice (talk • contribs) 10:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Situation of the official languages

Which of them (German, French, Italian, Romansh) is growing the most? --213.186.247.54 10:52, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

In the short term, French, from 19.2% to 20.4% over the 1990s, to the disadvantage of Italian (7.6% to 6.5%). In the long term, the loser is German, from 72.1% to 63.7% from 1950 to 2000, to the advantage of non-national languages (0.7% to 9.0%). --dab (𒁳) 17:51, 10 October 2007 (UTC)