Bavarian language
West Germanic language spoken in Bavaria and Austria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bavarian (German: Bairisch [ˈbaɪʁɪʃ] ⓘ; Bavarian: Boarisch or Boirisch[2]), alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a major group of Upper German varieties spoken in the southeast of the German language area, including the German state of Bavaria, most of Austria and the Italian region of South Tyrol.[3] Prior to 1945, Bavarian was also prevalent in parts of the southern Sudetenland and western Hungary.[4] Bavarian is spoken by approximately 12 million people in an area of around 125,000 square kilometres (48,000 sq mi), making it the largest of all German dialects. In 2008, 45 percent of Bavarians claimed to use only dialect in everyday communication.[5]
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Bavarian | |
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Austro-Bavarian | |
ᛯᚢᚩ Kuo | |
Region | Bavaria (Germany) Austria South Tyrol (Italy) |
Ethnicity | Bavarians Austrians South Tyroleans |
Native speakers | 15 million (2012)[1] |
Dialects | |
Latin alphabet, Marcomannic (historically) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bar |
Glottolog | baye1239 Bairischbava1246 Bavarian |
Extent of Bavarian | |
Bavarian is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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