Swiss German often sounds completely different between Zurich, Valais and Schaffhausen — and yet it connects many people in German-speaking Switzerland with a strong sense of home and identity. While Standard German seems almost like a foreign language to some, dialect is spoken as a matter of course in everyday life. Linguistically, the matter is complicated. Emotionally, however, it is often quite clear. A conversation about language, belonging and cultural identity.
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