Switzerland Languages

Description
Switzerland has four official languages: (Many Swiss speak more than one language)
 * German - 65% of the population (spoken in fifteen cantons)
 * French - 18% (spoken officially in six cantons:  Fribourg, Vaud, Jura, Valais, Neuchâtel, and Geneva)
 * Italian - 10% (spoken in Ticino and parts of Graubünden)
 * Romansh - 1% (an old Latin dialect spoken mainly in the mountains of Graubünden)
 * Others - 6%

Records are written in the major languages and Latin which was used extensively in early records.

Word List(s)

 * German Genealogical Word List
 * French Genealogical Word List
 * Italian Genealogical Word List
 * Swiss-German Genealogical Word List

Alphabet and Pronunciation

 * German Language Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot
 * French Language Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot
 * italian Language Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Romansh Language Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot