History
The percentage of non-national tongues spoken as a first language in Swiss homes has risen dramatically during the past half century, from less than one percent in 1950 to nine percent in 2000, mostly at the expense of German. The native languages of Swiss residents from 1950 to 2000, in percentages, were as follows:
| Year | German | French | Italian | Romansh | other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 63.7 | 20.4 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 1990 | 63.6 | 19.2 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 8.9 |
| 1980 | 65.0 | 18.4 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 1970 | 64.9 | 18.1 | 11.9 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 1960 | 69.4 | 18.9 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| 1950 | 72.1 | 20.3 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
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