Thread: Would you like to have Swiss German as an official language in place of High German?
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Old 23.03.2007, 08:20
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Re: Would you like to have Swiss German as an official language in place of High Germ
As Psyk worth, there are very good reasons why Swiss German is not an official language. With no standardised spellings or even vocabulary it would be impossible to use Sviitzerdüütsch as an administrative language.

Additionally, if the level of Hoch Deutsch knowledge declined then it would have a negative effect on the Swiss economy.
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