Bolze is more than a just a language: it’s a cultural identity and a point of pride in the Basse-Ville of Fribourg. The Sarine River skirts the edge of Basse-Ville (lower town), dividing both the ...

Multilingualism is to Switzerland what politeness is to the British or style to the Italians: a deep source of national pride. It was one of the shortest train rides I had ever taken: just 10 minutes ...

As the small Alpine country of 8.8 million people names its new members of both houses of parliament, here are five things to know about Switzerland: Switzerland has four official languages: German, ...

Some 62 percent speak Swiss German dialects; around 23 percent speak French, chiefly in the west; eight percent speak Italian, mostly in the southern Ticino canton, and 0.5 percent speak Romansh. The ...

Zürich Letter: FIRST THING in the morning, the kindergarten in Zürich's Kesslerstrasse resembles a tower of Babel in Munchkinland… Zürich Letter:FIRST THING in the morning, the kindergarten in ...

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If former President Barack Obama can invent the Austrian language, then Sen. Cory Booker can invent the Swiss one. Mr. Booker’s awkward exchange on the campaign trail with a radio reporter in Cedar ...