Switzerland (German: , French: , Italian: , Romansh: ), officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked alpine country in Central Europe. This small multilingual country, of a little over 7 million people, has four national languages, German, French, Italian, and Romansch; however, the first of these, German, is only written or used for formal situations, and several variants and dialects are spoken commonly, and collectively are named as "Swiss German". It is bordered by Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and Liechtenstein.