https://www.nzz.ch/english/english-is-becoming-switzerlands-second-national-language-ld.1777425

Ever since I landed my first job in Switzerland, I spoke English in the office. Nevertheless, I’m learning German and speak somewhat fluent French, also planning to take some Mundart crash course (next year, probably). Personally, I only see benefits in speaking more languages.

by Individual-Cat4912

3 comments

  1. I’m working in IT, almost all documentation is in English, it feels weird when it’s on french. Also I spend my days on Reddit/English YouTube, so I’d say yeah

  2. Crazy how a quarter of a village in tax heaven speaks english. Who could have thought of that.

    Personally, english plays a big role as I’m studying to become a teacher and I don’t see it as a bad thing at all that it’s becoming more important.

  3. Not where I live, pretty much my entire life is conducted in Italian.

    English is very useful when I travel to Zürich because I only speak French and Italian but not German. I’m taking the German classes at night to try escape the amazing Ticino job market though lmao

    I think improved English fluency can only bring benefits though. I don’t want to see it replacing national languages, but it’s great to use as a way to bridge some linguistic divides. You can’t expect people to be fluent in all 3 official languages.

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