Bavarian language

Bavarian
Austro-Bavarian
Boarisch / Boirisch
Parking sign in Munich
RegionBavaria (Germany)
Austria
South Tyrol (Italy)
EthnicityBavarians
Austrians
South Tyroleans
Native speakers
15 million (2012)[1]
Latin alphabet, Marcomannic (historically)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bar
Glottologbaye1239  Bairisch
bava1246  Bavarian
Extent of Bavarian
Bavarian is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Upper German language area after 1945: blue: Bavarian-Austrian dialects

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]

  1. ^ Bavarian at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Rowley, Anthony R. (2023). Boarisch – Boirisch – Bairisch: Eine Sprachgeschichte (in German). Friedrich Pustet GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 9783791734378.
  3. ^ Rowley 2011, p. 300.
  4. ^ "Bavarian". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  5. ^ Rowley 2011.

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