In many places, only one language is required at work. According to his data released on September 6, 2022 by the Federal Statistical Office, in Switzerland 37.7% of workers surveyed said he regularly uses two or more languages at work. I am reporting.
62.3% used only one language at work, while 22.2% regularly used two languages and 15.5% used three or more languages.
These figures are somewhat boosted by Swiss linguistic quirks. In the majority of German-speaking countries, Standard German is the language taught in schools. However, the majority speak in the Swiss German dialect. This means that German and Swiss German bilingualism is almost universal in the German-speaking world. When he counts Swiss German and Standard German as one language, 25.6% of her, as opposed to 37.7%, regularly use multiple languages at work. 74.4% use one, 17.7% use two, and 7.9% use three or more.
When Swiss German and Standard German are lumped together, men (27.9%) are more likely than women (23.1%) to use multiple languages at work. The type of work also makes a big difference. Among managers and directors, the multilingual usage rate she rises to 35.4%. Other categories with high levels of multilingualism include academic and scientific research (32.8%) and administrative staff (25.5%). Farmers have the lowest rate (8.2%).
Age also plays an important role. Only 20.8% of workers over 65 use another language at work. Employees under the age of 25 also have below average users of other languages at work (22.6%). The sweet spot for multilingual work is 25-44 (28.3%), followed by 45-64 (23.7%).
German-speaking Switzerland The most commonly used second languages in Switzerland are Standard German (42.8%), English (21%), French (8.5%) and Italian (5.2%).
In French-speaking Switzerland: English (19.8%), German (6.9%), Swiss German (4.4%), Portuguese (4.4%) and Italian (3.2%). Interestingly, despite the predominance of Swiss German and German in Switzerland, Swiss German speakers are more likely than those who use Swiss German (4.4%) or German (6.9%) to be in the workplace. more likely to use French in their home (8.5%), 63% of Swiss. 34% of employees speak Swiss German (34% in Standard German) and 28% speak French.
Between 2010 and 2020, use of English in the workplace increased from 17% to 21%. His use of Standard German also increased from 32% to 34%. Using all Swiss national languages no longer works. Swiss German usage decreased from 67% to 63%. French from 29% to 28%, Italian from 8.7% to 8.0%. These changes reflect the further globalization of Switzerland’s population and jobs.
The most common working language pairs are German (Swiss + standard) and English (8.3%), German and French (2.5%), and French and English (2.2%). His 2.9% of employees spoke English, German and French.
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