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Old 17.03.2010, 14:12
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Re: Which German to learn?

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So many Swiss are amazing when they speak, switching effortlessly from Swiss German to German to French to English and they know enough of each other's dialects that when a Zurcherin meets a Valliserin, they each use their own words in the convo and are able to understand each other.
The multilingual aspect of the country is one of the interesting things to me about Switzerland. I guess Switzerland does not have one official language, but perhaps each Canton does(?).

My initial thought was to try to find a position in Geneva because it is so international and English seems to be more in use there. Nevertheless, my family and I started down the road to learn French. But since I am not sure where I (eventually) might find a position, learning German seems to be prudent as well (hence my question). I am also trying to learn some other languages for other purposes as well, so I am experiencing a little language "overload" .
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