Taking switzerland as an example , the country has a population of 7 . 4 million people and four official languages ? german , french , italian and rhaeto - romanic ( romansh ) 以瑞士为例，人口740万，其国家的国语有四种，分别为德语、法语、义大利语以及罗曼语。
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For instance , the romansh people are a small minority who reside in the mountainous areas . their language is faced with the threat of extinction . it is a problem as to how they can preserve their mother tongue and at the same time , communicate with the others 举两个例子来说：罗曼斯族是极少数的山区民族,他们的语言面临消灭的危机,如何维持他们的母语,又使他们能与其他语族沟通,是一个问题。
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Likewise , few countries have such diversity in terms of culture and language : german is prevalent in zurich and the northern , central and eastern regions ; french in geneva and the western region ; italian in lugano and the southern region ; and romansh in st . moritz and the southeastern region 同样地，在文化与语言的多样性方面，没有几个国家比得上瑞士：苏黎世以及瑞士北部、中部和东部地区使用德语；日内瓦和瑞士西部地区使用法语；卢加诺和南部地区使用意大利语；圣莫里茨和东南部地区使用罗马语。
