Editing Languages of Switzerland (section)

== Other languages ==
;Franco-Provençal and Lombard
Besides the national languages and the many varieties of [[Swiss German language|Swiss German]], several regional Romance languages are spoken natively in Switzerland: [[Franco-Provençal]] and [[Lombard language|Lombard]].

;Sinte
About 20,000 [[Romani people|Romani]] speak [[Sinte Romani|Sinte]], an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indic language]]. [[File:Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg|thumb|The logo of the Swiss [[Federal administration of Switzerland|Federal administration]], in the four national languages of Switzerland]]
;Sign languages
Five [[sign languages]] are used: [[Swiss-German Sign Language|Swiss-German]], [[French Sign Language|French]], [[Italian Sign Language|Italian]], [[Austrian Sign Language|Austrian]], and [[German Sign Language|German]].<ref name=Wittmann>{{cite web |author=Wittmann, Henri |date=1991 |title=Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement |publisher=Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88 |url=http://www.nou-la.org/ling/1991a-class.pdf |language=fr |access-date=22 October 2015|author-link=Henri Wittmann }}</ref>

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|+ ''Language in Switzerland''{{efn|name=Structural survey|Since 2010, statistics of languages in Switzerland provided by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office are based on a national structural survey of 200,000 people aged 15 years and older (corresponding to 2.5% of the total resident population). Data are [[extrapolation|extrapolated]] to obtain statistical results for the whole population (aged 15 years and older). These results are estimates subject to some degree of uncertainty indicated by a [[confidence interval]]. Therefore, the figures of the structural survey may not be entirely comparable to data collection before 2010 based on census figures (counting every person living in Switzerland).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/surveys/se/methodological-basis-research-regional-partners.html|title=Methodological basis for research and regional partners [Accuracy of results; Cumulated data-pooling]|publisher=[[Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland)|Swiss Federal Statistical Office]]|location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland}}</ref>}}
! rowspan="2" | Language
! colspan="2" | 2000<ref>{{cite web |title=Tableau 7: Population résidante selon la langue principale avec au moins 600 locuteurs, en nombres absolus, en 2000 |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |quote=according to the 2000 census (over 1,000 speakers) }}</ref><br />Mother tongue
! colspan="2" | 2015{{Citation needed|reason=Previous citation does not provide any of the data in this column|date=January 2022}}<!--<ref>{{cite web |title=Population résidante permanente de 15 ans et plus, selon les langues principales, en 2015 |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfsstatic/dam/assets/1861437/master |publisher=Federal Statistical Office - FSO |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |format=XLS |language=fr |access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref>--><br/>Main language
! colspan="2" | 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Population résidante permanente de 15 ans et plus, selon les langues principales, en 2018 |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/langues-religions/langues.assetdetail.11607335.html |publisher=Federal Statistical Office - FSO |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |format=XLS |language=fr |access-date=30 January 2020 |date=29 January 2020}}</ref><br />Main language
! colspan="2" | 2020<ref name="Languages_2020" /><ref>{{cite web |title= Langues principales depuis 1910: Population résidante permanente âgée de 15 ans ou plus |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/langues-religions/langues.assetdetail.20964042.html |publisher=Federal Statistical Office - FSO |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |format=XLS |language=fr |access-date=14 July 2022 |date=24 January 2022}}</ref><br />Main language
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! style="text-align:right"|Number
!  %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
|- 
| [[German language|German]]
|  4,639,762
| {{Pct | 4639762 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  4,424,150
| {{Pct | 4424150 |6907818 | 1 }}
|  4,458,156
| {{Pct | 4458156 |7084068 | 1 }}
|  4,477,946
| {{Pct | 4477946 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[French language|French]]
|  1,484,411
| {{Pct | 1484411 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  1,567,197
| {{Pct | 1567197 |6907818 | 1 }}
|  1,619,708
| {{Pct | 1619708 |7084068 | 1 }}
|  1,624,424
| {{Pct | 1624424 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
|  470,961
| {{Pct | 470961 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  581,381
| {{Pct | 581381 |6907818 | 1 }}
|  593,646
| {{Pct | 593646 |7084068 | 1 }}
|  575,017
| {{Pct | 575017 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Romansh language|Romansh]]
|  35,072
| {{Pct | 35072 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  40,299
| {{Pct | 40299 |6907818 | 1 }}
|  36,709
| {{Pct | 36709 |7084068 | 1 }}
|  35,938
| {{Pct | 35939 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[English language|English]]
|  73,422
| {{Pct | 73422 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  374,642
| {{Pct | 374642 |6907818 | 1 }}
|  471,056
| {{Pct | 414890 |7084068 | 1 }}
|  416,887
| {{Pct | 416887 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| 89,527
| {{Pct | 89527 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  256,560
| {{Pct |  256560 |6907818 | 1 }}
|
|
|  251,570
| {{Pct | 251570 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Albanian language|Albanian]]
| 94,937
| {{Pct | 94937 |7288010 |1 }}
| 188,125
| {{Pct |  188125 |6907818 | 1 }}
|
|
|  230,007
| {{Pct | 230007 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Serbo-Croatian]]
| 103,350
| {{Pct | 103350 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 161,882
| {{Pct |  161882 |6907818 | 1 }}
|
|
|  165,317
| {{Pct | 165317 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| 76,750
| {{Pct | 76750 |7288010 | 1}}
|  159,859
| {{Pct |  159859 |6907818 | 1 }}
|
|
|  172,505
| {{Pct | 172505 |7187715 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
| 44,523
| {{Pct | 44523 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  78,015
|{{Pct |78015 |6907818 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| 14,345
| {{Pct | 14345|7288010 | 1 }}
|  36,857
|{{Pct |  36857|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| 8,570
| {{Pct |8570 |7288010 | 1 }}
|   32,244
|{{Pct |32444 |6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| 21,816
| {{Pct | 21816|7288010 | 1 }}
|   31,145
|{{Pct | 31145|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| 5,206
| {{Pct |5206 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  24,881
|{{Pct | 24881|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
| 11,840
| {{Pct | 11840|7288010 | 1 }}
|  22,357
|{{Pct | 22357|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
| 6,194
| {{Pct |6194 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 20,597
|{{Pct | 20597|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]
| 7,531
| {{Pct |7531 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  19,401
|{{Pct | 19401|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Thai language|Thai]]
| 7,569
| {{Pct | 7569|7288010 | 1 }}
| 14,528
| {{Pct | 14528|7288010 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| 4,792
| {{Pct |4792 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 13,763
|{{Pct | 13763|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Czech language|Czech]]
| 5,444
| {{Pct |5444 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 13,433
|{{Pct | 13433|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
| 3,397
| {{Pct |3397 |7288010 | 1 }}
|   12,738
|{{Pct | 12738|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| 8,279
| {{Pct | 8279|7288010 | 1 }}
|  12,324
|{{Pct | 12324|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Slovak language|Slovak]]
| 2,018
| {{Pct |2018 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 12,072
|{{Pct | 12072|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Persian language|Persian]]
| 3,467
| {{Pct |3467 |7288010 | 1 }}
|   11,108
|{{Pct | 11108|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]
| 6,415
| {{Pct |6415 |7288010 | 1 }}
|   10,698
|{{Pct | 10698|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| 5,560
| {{Pct |5560 |7288010 | 1 }}
|   8,771
|{{Pct | 8771|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
| 4,226
| {{Pct |4226 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  6,720
|{{Pct | 6720|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]
| 3,019
| {{Pct |3019 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  6,275
|{{Pct | 6275|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| 4,100
| {{Pct |4100 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 6,001
|{{Pct | 6001|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Danish language|Danish]]
| 2,739
| {{Pct |2739 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 5,272
|{{Pct | 5272|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Standard Tibetan language|Tibetan]]
| 1,108
| {{Pct |1108 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 5,219
|{{Pct |  5219|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]
| 1,579
| {{Pct |1579 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  4,583
|{{Pct | 4583|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
| 2,628
| {{Pct |2628 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 4,299
|{{Pct | 4299|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Hindi]]-[[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| 1,407
| {{Pct |1407 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  3,846
|{{Pct |  3846|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Slovene language|Slovene]]
| 1,601
| {{Pct |1601 |7288010 | 1 }}
|3,690
|{{Pct | 3960|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Somali language|Somali]]
| 2,661
| {{Pct |2661 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 3,607
|{{Pct | 3607|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]
| 1,333
| {{Pct |1333 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 2,465
|{{Pct |  2465|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]
| 1,176
| {{Pct |1176 |7288010 | 1 }}
|   2,159
|{{Pct |  2159|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| 1,361
| {{Pct |1361 |7288010 | 1 }}
| 2,108
|{{Pct |  2108|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| [[Korean language|Korean]]
| 1,202
| {{Pct |1202 |7288010 | 1 }}
|  1,816
|{{Pct |  1816|6907818| 1 }}
|-
| Other languages
|
| 
| 77,751
|{{Pct | 77751 |6907818 | 1 }}
| 1,255,656
|{{Pct | 1255656 |7084068 | 1 }}
|  589,393
| {{Pct | 589393 |7187715 | 1 }}
|}