Berne

The city of Berne {{IPA|}} (Bernese German Bärn {{IPA|}}, German Bern {{IPA|}}, French Berne {{IPA|}}, Italian Berna {{IPA|}}, Romansh Berna {{IPA|}}), is the "Bundesstadt" (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel).

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Bernese German - German - French - Italian - Romansh - Switzerland - Zürich - Geneva - Basel

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Language: German, or more specifically, Bernese German, which is a high-Alemannic dialect. The Canton of Bern has a French-speaking part. Very few people still speak the Matteänglisch, a secret language used in the former workers' quarter Matte, but several words have found their way in the Bernese German.

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German - Bernese German - High-Alemannic dialect - Canton of Bern - French

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Bern also functions as the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.

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Illustrious Bernese include the scientist Albrecht von Haller, the poet Albert Bitzius and the painters Ferdinand Hodler and Paul Klee. The German-born physicist Albert Einstein worked out his theory of relativity while employed as a clerk at the Bern patent office.

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Scientist - Albrecht von Haller - Albert Bitzius - Ferdinand Hodler - Paul Klee - Albert Einstein - Theory of relativity - Clerk

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A culturally important person was Mani Matter, a songwriter performing in Bernese German.

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Mani Matter - Bernese German

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