Swiss literature
As there is no dominant national language, the four main languages of French, Italian, German and Romansch form the four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland. The original Swiss Confederation, from its foundation in 1291 up to 1798, gained only a few French-speaking districts in what is now the Canton of Fribourg, and so the German language dominated. During that period the Swiss vernacular literature was in German, although in the 18th century, French became fashionable in Bern and elsewhere. At that time, Geneva and Lausanne were not yet Swiss: Geneva was an ally and Vaud a subject land. The French branch does not really begin to qualify as Swiss writing until after 1815, when the French-speaking regions gained full status as Swiss cantons. The Italian and Romansch-Ladin br
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Swiss literature
As there is no dominant national language, the four main languages of French, Italian, German and Romansch form the four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland. The original Swiss Confederation, from its foundation in 1291 up to 1798, gained only a few French-speaking districts in what is now the Canton of Fribourg, and so the German language dominated. During that period the Swiss vernacular literature was in German, although in the 18th century, French became fashionable in Bern and elsewhere. At that time, Geneva and Lausanne were not yet Swiss: Geneva was an ally and Vaud a subject land. The French branch does not really begin to qualify as Swiss writing until after 1815, when the French-speaking regions gained full status as Swiss cantons. The Italian and Romansch-Ladin br
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As there is no dominant nation ...... rather than in clerkly Latin.
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Con letteratura svizzera s'ind ...... ese, l'italiano e il romancio.
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Die Literatur der Schweiz unte ...... und Autoren der Schweiz (AdS).
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La littérature suisse est la l ...... he, elles sont moins fournies.
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Литерату́ра в Швейца́рии предс ...... телей в национальном масштабе.
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W. A. B. Coolidge
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Switzerland, s.v. Literature
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William Augustus Brevoort
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As there is no dominant nation ...... Italian and Romansch-Ladin br
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Con letteratura svizzera s'ind ...... ese, l'italiano e il romancio.
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Die Literatur der Schweiz unte ...... und Autoren der Schweiz (AdS).
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La littérature suisse est la l ...... he, elles sont moins fournies.
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Литерату́ра в Швейца́рии предс ...... кой и Ретороманской Швейцарии.
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Letteratura svizzera
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Littérature suisse
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Schweizer Literatur
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Swiss literature
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Литература Швейцарии
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