Röstigraben
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.7|French (green) and German (orange) language areas of Switzerland thumb|upright=1.2|French and Local Germanic dialect in the contact zone at the so-called "Röstigraben" ' (; , also transcribed to reflect the Swiss German pronunciation ) is a term used to refer to the cultural boundary between German-speaking Switzerland and Romandy, the French-speaking parts. There is also the term ', referring to the boundary between German-speaking cantons and the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.
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thumb|upright=1.7|French (green) and German (orange) language areas of Switzerland thumb|upright=1.2|French and Local Germanic dialect in the contact zone at the so-called "Röstigraben" ' (; , also transcribed to reflect the Swiss German pronunciation ) is a term used to refer to the cultural boundary between German-speaking Switzerland and Romandy, the French-speaking parts. There is also the term ', referring to the boundary between German-speaking cantons and the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.
The term first appeared during World War I, when neutral Switzerland stood between the warring German Empire and the French Republic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Röstigraben” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.