Language policy of the Swiss Confederation and the Swiss language und cultural diversity

This article presents the role of the language policy in the multicultural und multilingual Switzerland. The cultural und linguistic differences are one of the main characteristics of the Swiss Confederation so that the Swiss national identity is even defined as the unity in the diversity. The coexistence of the different cultural und linguistic communities signifies not only the social enrichment but it is also connected with the various and complex problems. The language policy makes it possible to solve at least partially these problems and contributes in this way besides the preserving of the cultural diversity to the social peace between the particular cultural and linguistic communities