MANY LANGUAGES
Switzerland has more than 4,000,000 people. About 3,000,000 of them speak German, nearly 1,000,000 speak French, 250,000 speak Italian—and about 50,000 speak “Roman” or “Latin” (Romanschor Ladino). This last is an obscure tongue, and is the closest existing relative of ancient Latin. Other multilingual lands are Belgium (French, Flemish, German); Czechoslovakia (Czech, Slovak, German); Canada (English, French); Irish Free State (Gaelic, English); South Africa (English. Dutch, German); New Mexico (English, Spanish): and Paraguay (Spanish and Guarani Indian).
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22271, 9 December 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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79MANY LANGUAGES Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22271, 9 December 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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