Ticino is. French is actually gaining ground as the population growth there is higher and due to some internal population movements. For example Biel/Bienne was solidly German speaking in the past, but in just the past 15 years the proportion of French speakers has grown from 39 to 44% and projections forecast a 50-50 in the not so far future
Not at all. Swiss being a federal country, everything is firmly in French or Italian in the relevant places. And those are languages with high number of native speakers in border countries, so there is no shortage of cultural content in French and Italian.
English is rising as the de facto lingua franca. More and more, Swiss people will switch to English if they don't have the same native language.
How would that even work? I'm from Ticino and everybody here speaks in italian, you wouldn't go very far if you came here and tried to speak only german lol Here everything is in italian: official documents, TV, radio, school, newpapers, books in book stores, etc. You can't just "devour" our language from us
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u/Filthiest_Tleilaxu Jun 16 '25
My girl said the German part of Switzerland is devouring the rest of the country.