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This chapter focuses on the language situation in Switzerland with regard to the country’s multilingualism as well as the diglossic situation in the German-speaking part. Both of these aspects are potentially relevant for the couples’ attitudes towards their two languages and may therefore influence their language choice and use. Moreover, the role and status of English in Switzerland is examined, as well as the linguistic and ideological challengeschallengeslinguistic Anglophone immigrants may face there. With regard to all of these topics, the chapter concentrates on the German-speaking regions of Switzerland, because the interviewees live in this area.