Other Languages
Besides the official languages and the many varieties of Swiss German, several regional Romance and Germanic languages are spoken natively in Switzerland: Franco-Provençal, Lombard, and Walser. About 20,000 Romani speak Sinte, which is an Indic language. Five sign languages are used: Swiss-German, French, Italian, Austrian, and German.
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