South Tyrolean dialect
Bavarian dialect of South Tyrol, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Tyrolean German or South Tyrolese (Südtiroulerisch or Sîdtiroul(er)isch; Standard German: Südtirolerisch or Südtirolisch) is a dialect spoken in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol. It is generally considered to be a sub-variety of Southern Bavarian,[1] and has many similarities with other South German varieties, in particular with varieties of Austrian Standard German. It may develop its own standard variety of German,[2] though currently is linguistically heteronomous to German Standard German (see One Standard German Axiom for discussion).
Quick Facts Region, Native speakers ...
South Tyrolean dialect | |
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Tyrolese | |
Südtiroulerisch/Sîdtiroul(er)isch | |
Region | South Tyrol |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 300,000[citation needed]) |
Indo-European
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German Alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | gem |
ISO 639-3 | bar |
Glottolog | tyro1234 Tyrol Bavarian |
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What differentiates South Tyrolean German from other Bavarian varieties is primarily the influence of Italian and Ladin on its lexicon.