SwitzerlandGeografie und Sprachen 15 · Geography and languages
Which of these cantons is officially bilingual, with French and German as official languages?
In the exam (German)
Welcher dieser Kantone ist offiziell zweisprachig, mit Französisch und Deutsch als Amtssprachen?
- aFribourg (Freiburg)FreiburgCorrect answer
- bNeuchâtel (Neuenburg)Neuenburg
- cVaud (Waadt)Waadt
- dLucerne (Luzern)Luzern
Why?
Fribourg has two official languages, French and German. Bern and Valais are bilingual too, while Vaud and Neuchâtel are French-speaking and Lucerne is German-speaking.
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