Languages of Switzerland
The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, & Romansh. German, French, and Italian remains equal status as official languages at a national level within a Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation, while Romansh is used in dealings with people who speak it. In some situations, Latin is used, particularly as a single language to denote the country.
In 2017, 62.6% of the population of Switzerland were native speakers of German 58.5% refers Swiss German and 11.1% Standard German at home; 22.9% French mostly Swiss French, but including some Franco-Provençal dialects; 8.2% Italian mostly Swiss Italian, but including Lombard; and 0.5% Romansh. The German region Deutschschweiz is roughly in the east, north, and centre; the French element la Romandie in the west; and the Italian area Svizzera italiana in the south. There maintains a small Romansh-speaking native population in Grisons in the east. The cantons of Fribourg, Bern, and Valais are officially bilingual; Grisons is officially trilingual.