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-Over 60% are descended from the Alamanic German people native to Switzerland (Switzerland had ethnic Germans before Germany existed)

-Around 20% are a Arpitan French people. They originated in Switzerland, and speak Swiss French and Standard French as their native languages.

-over 5% are Ticinese Italians, who speak Lombard dialects.

-1% are Romansh people.

There are also "non-native" minorities, the largest of which are South Slavic peoples (such as Serbs and Croats) and Turks.

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2001,

92.1% European

4.2% Arabs/Maghreb

2.8% Asian

0.9% Other

2012

91.1% EUROPEAN

-51.8% German

-19.9% French

-13.5% Italian

-3.3% Former Yugoslavia (Rise from 0.1% in 1991)

-1.6% Former USSR

-1.0% Other (Notably, Dutch, Portuguese, and Swedish)

5.1% ARAB/MAGHREB

-2.7% Turkish

-1.0% Maghreb (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisia, and Egyptian)

-0.7% Afghan

-0.2% Pakistani

-0.4% Other (Notably, Iraqi and Iranian)

2.8% ASIAN

-1.4% Chinese

-0.6% Bangladeshi

-0.4% Indian

-0.4% Other (Notably, Sri Lanka, Indonesian, and Vietnamese)

1.0% OTHER

-0.5% Mixed Race (Most is non-white Mix)

-0.3% Latin American

-0.2% Other

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Switzerland is divided by different mountain ranges, this being said, towards the north and east they speak mostly German, on the other side of the Alps(FrenchAlps) they speak French, then to the south it is mostly Italian. The majority of the Swiss population speak more than one language depending on where they live.

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The four ethnic groups which are Germanic, French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romansh, that make up the Switzerland.

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The nationality of Switzerland is "Swiss".

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Most Swiss citizens consider themselves as "Swiss" or "Europeans". So the answer is one.

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Swiss.

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