Languages of Austria | |
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Official | German[1] |
Recognised | Austrian German, Alemannic Bavarian |
Regional | Croatian (Burgenland), Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romani, Italian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, and Yiddish (historically) |
Minority | Bosnian, Serbian, Turkish |
Foreign | English (73%) French (11%) Italian (9%) |
Signed | Austrian Sign Language |
Keyboard layout | |
Source | ebs_386_en.pdf (europa.eu) |
The languages of Austria include German, the official language and lingua franca;[2] Austro-Bavarian, the main dialect outside Vorarlberg; Alemannic, the main dialect in Vorarlberg; and several minority languages.
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