We have 4 national languages. Parliament debates could be held in one of these four languages:
- German (spoken by approximately 64% of the population)
- French (circa 19%)
- Italian (circa 8%)
- Romansh (circa 2%)
- Rest: other languages
English is also spoken as business language by 15% of the working population.
Every Swiss people can speak at least one of the mentioned national languages. Many of them also speak 2 or 3 languages. But sometimes English is utilized to communicate between the French and German speaking Swiss people.
