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The Swiss media gives the news: Albanian can become a third language, English takes the place of Italian, but it is endangered by...
2024-04-24 08:00:30 / JETË
The English language as well as the Albanian language are gaining significant ground in Switzerland. This is what the official figures from Bern say, reports the Swiss Albanian-language media, Le Canton27.ch, referring to data from the Federal Statistical Office (OFS) in Neuchatel.
English as the main language is progressing and even replacing Italian on the podium of the most spoken languages in the country.
The Albanian language is considered one of the most popular languages in Switzerland. The Federal Statistics Office has recently reported that for the first time in more than 10 years, more people in Switzerland speak Albanian than Portuguese.
The Swiss authorities (OFS) meanwhile claim that Italian is no longer the third language in Switzerland, English has "dethroned" it.
But it doesn't end there. English is endangered by the Albanian language, reports Le Canton27.ch.
Christoph Freymond from the Federal Statistics Office has stated that "the number of Albanians has increased significantly compared to other communities. "Every year, hundreds of them are naturalized, that is, they get Swiss passports."
According to the Federal Office, over 300,000 Albanians, who are known as Albanian speakers, live and work in Switzerland today, where the vast majority are from Kosovo. 200 thousand Albanians from Kosovo live in Switzerland, 70 thousand are from North Macedonia, 20 thousand from Preshea Valley and less from Albania and Montenegro.
The authorities announce that over 100,000 Albanians have been naturalized and hold Swiss passports.
Languages spoken in Switzerland
59.5% of Swiss city dwellers declare German as their main language. Of the rest, 22.8% speak French. If we consider the non-national languages, we see that English has developed significantly, constituting today the third main language of 8.1% of the resident population, even surpassing Italian with 8%. In addition, about a third of people say they have no religious affiliation.
After the four official languages, the Albanian language takes precedence
Plurilingualism is gaining ground in the Swiss state. Two thirds of the population regularly use more than one language per week. Young people are more likely to speak a second or even a third language. The Swiss population is becoming increasingly multilingual. This is revealed by the survey on languages, religion and culture, conducted for the second time by the Federal Statistical Office (OFS), where Albanian ranks after the four official languages in Switzerland. According to new data from the Federal Statistics Office provided by the Swiss Albanian newspaper Le Canton27.ch, over 100,000 people today speak the Albanian language in Switzerland.
In percentage terms, this means that 3.4 percent of Switzerland's citizens speak Albanian.
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