While German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all "official" languages of Switzerland, different regions favor different languages. The following table shows the names of the cantons in English and Switzerland's languages, in order of entry to the federation.
Hardlinked entries indicate the dominant language(s) in that canton.
Year Area
of in
Entry Abbr. English German French Italian Romansch km2
1291 UR Uri Uri Uri Uri Uri 1077
1291 SZ Schwyz Schwyz Schwyz Svitto Sviz 908
1291 OW Obwalden Obwalden Obwald Obwaldo Sursilvania 491
1291 NW Nidwalden Nidwalden Nidwald Nidwaldo Sutsilvania 276
1332 LU Lucerne Luzern Lucerne Lucerna Lucerna 1494
1351 ZH Zurich Zürich Zurich Zurigo Turitg 1729
1352 GL Glarus Glarus Glaris Glarona Glaruna 685
1352 ZG Zug Zug Zoug Zugo Zug 239
1353 BE Berne Bern Berne Berna Berna 5961
1481 FR Fribourg Freiburg Fribourg Friburgo Friburg 1671
1481 SO Solothurn Solothurn Soleure Soletta Soloturn 791
1501 BS Basle-Town Basel-Stadt Bâle-Ville Basilea-Città Basilea-Citad 37
1501 BL Basle-Country Basel-Land Bâle-Campagne Basilea-Campagna Basilea-Champagna 517
1501 SH Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Schaffhouse Sciaffusa Schaffusa 298
1513 AR Appenzell Outer-Rhodes Appenzell-Ausserrhoden Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures Appenzello Esterno Appenzell dadens 243
1513 AI Appenzell Inner-Rhodes Appenzell-Innerrhoden Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures Appenzello Interno Appenzell dador 173
1803 SG St. Gall St. Gallen St-Gall San Gallo San Gagl 2026
1803 GR Grisons Graubünden Grisons Grigione Grischun 7105
1803 AG Argovia Aargau Argovie Argovia Argovia 1404
1803 TG Thurgovia Thurgau Thurgovie Turgovia Turgovia 991
1803 TI Ticino Tessin Tessin Ticino Tessin 2812
1803 VD Vaud Waadt Vaud Vaud Vad 3212
1815 VS Valais Wallis Valais Vallese Vallais 5224
1815 NE Neuchâtel Neuenburg Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel 803
1815 GE Geneva Genf Genève Ginevra Genevra 282
1979 JU Jura Jura Jura Giura Giura 836
CH Switzerland Schweiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra 41285
Geopolitical subdivisions of cantons are called communes.
Many thanks to Siobhan, who provided the info to expand and refine what was originally a simple list of canton names.