Four Official Languages in Switzerland
In Switzerland there are four national languages: German/Swiss German, French (in Western Switzerland), Italian (in the canton of Ticino) and Rhaeto-Romanic (in the canton of Grisons).
Swiss German takes many forms including Swiss High German and a great number of local dialects. In Gstaad, for example, the locals speak „Berndütsch“, as is common in the Bernese Oberland. When speaking with foreigners many Swiss automatically switch to Swiss High German, so that they are not at all hard to understand.
In order to be able to live in Gstaad and communicate with locals and guests alike you should have a good command of German. In addition you should also speak English and French.
