Federal Act
on the National Languages and
Understanding between the Linguistic Communities
(Languages Act, LangA)

¹ With­in the lim­its of the au­thor­ised cred­its, the Con­fed­er­a­tion shall grant the pluri­lin­gual can­tons fin­an­cial as­sist­ance so that they may per­form their spe­cif­ic tasks.

² The can­tons of Bern, Fri­bourg, Graubünden and Val­ais are con­sidered to be pluri­lin­gual.

³ Spe­cif­ic tasks are in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

es­tab­lish­ing suit­able con­di­tions and aids for the pluri­lin­gual work in polit­ic­al au­thor­it­ies, the law en­force­ment and justice sys­tem, and ad­min­is­trat­ive au­thor­it­ies;

b.

en­cour­aging pluri­lin­gual­ism among learners and teach­ers in the of­fi­cial lan­guages of the can­ton at all aca­dem­ic levels.