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All About Switzerland
    In Switzerland, the people speak 4 different languages. The most popular is German because 74% of people speak it. 20% of people speak French, 4% speak Italian, and 1% speak Romansh. The population is 7,581,520.  The people in Switzerland have 7 religions. They include Catholicism, Orthodox Church, Judaism, Protestantism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. Their favorite sports include hiking, skiing, bicycling, swimming, rowing, sailing, ice hockey, gymnastics, basketball, soccer, hang gliding, and Schwingen which is a type of wrestling. Their favorite game is Jass which is a card game that is played with 36 cards in 4 suits.


Word
                                                                             English               German
bread
 das Brot
morning
 der Morgen/ der Vormittag
Monday
 Montag
eleven
 elf
dog
 Hund

   

At this web site, you can see the population of Switzerland and locate maps.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Population+of+Switzerland
At this web site, you can see their different languages and you can see translations of many different words.
http://www.about.ch/culture/languages/words_n_phrases.html
At this web site, you can learn more about their 7 different languages.
http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/religion/index.html
At this web site, you can learn about Switzerland's different sports.
http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/switzerland/sports.html

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