there are four official languages in switzerland: german, french, italian, and romansh. some cantons and even towns have two languages spoken in them, and the largest canton by area, graubünden, has three. about 2/3 of the population speak german; french is spoken in the west of the country, while italian is spoken in the canton of ticino and romansh in parts of graubünden. romansh language is spoken less than by 1% of the population.