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In English citizens of or people from Switzerland are called Swiss.

Switzerland has four official languages; German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

In German the country is Schweiz, the people are Schweizer; French , Suisse for country and people; Italian, Svizerra for both; Romansh is a language derived from Latin and spoken in only a part of Switzeland, though an official language it is the 10th most spoken language in Switzerland, used by less than 1% of the population, The country and people are Svizra.

French speakers often use the word Helvetique for Swiss, based on the Latin name for the area, Helvetica, which was occupied by a tribe called the Helvetians. Helvetia is used as the name by some Romance speaking groups in Switzerland who feel the names based on the Germanic names put to much imphasis on the German majority. The type face Helvetica was designed in Switzerland in 1957. It looks like this> Helvetica.

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