Austro-Bavarian German
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Austro-Bavarian German is a major Upper German dialect group spoken primarily in Austria and parts of Bavaria and South Tyrol, characterized by distinct phonology, vocabulary, and regional varieties.
Aliases (14)
- Austrian German ×3
- Viennese German ×3
- Austro-Bavarian language ×2
- Austro-Bavarian ×1
- Austro-Bavarian dialect continuum ×1
- Bavarian ×1
- Bavarian dialect continuum ×1
- Bavarian dialects ×1
- Bavarian language ×1
- Carinthian Bavarian ×1
- Mittelbairisch ×1
- Salzburg dialect ×1
- South Tyrolean Bavarian ×1
- Southern Bavarian ×1
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German dialect
→
Upper German dialect group → dialect continuum → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Alemannic German
→
Standard German → |
| hasDialect |
Carinthian Bavarian
→
Central Bavarian → Innviertlerisch → Lower Bavarian dialect → Northern Bavarian → Salzburg dialect → South Tyrolean Bavarian → Southern Bavarian → Tyrolean Bavarian → Upper Austrian dialect → Viennese German → |
| hasFeature |
distinct phonology from Standard German
→
distinct vocabulary from Standard German → distinct vowel system compared to Standard German → lenition of plosives in many varieties → monophthongization of Standard German diphthongs in many varieties → reduction of final consonant clusters in many dialects → regional variation → use of diminutive suffix -l or -erl → |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
| influencedBy |
Standard German
→
|
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
→
High German languages → Indo-European languages → West Germanic languages → |
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith |
other Upper German dialects to varying degrees
→
|
| partOf |
Upper German
→
|
| spokenIn |
Austria
→
Bavaria → Czech Republic → Germany → Hungary → Italy → Liechtenstein → Romania → Slovakia → South Tyrol → Switzerland → former Yugoslavia → |
| standardLanguage |
Standard German
→
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| subclassOf |
High German dialect
→
West Germanic language variety → |
| usedAlongside |
Standard German in diglossic situations
→
|
| usedFor |
everyday oral communication
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| writingStandard |
Standard German orthography
→
|
Referenced by (20)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Austro-Bavarian German
("Southern Bavarian")
→
Austro-Bavarian German ("Viennese German") → Austro-Bavarian German ("Carinthian Bavarian") → Austro-Bavarian German ("Salzburg dialect") → Austro-Bavarian German ("South Tyrolean Bavarian") → Central Bavarian ("Viennese German") → |
hasDialect |
|
Upper German
("Bavarian dialects")
→
Upper German ("Austro-Bavarian") → |
hasPart |
|
Central Bavarian
("Bavarian dialect continuum")
→
Central Bavarian ("Austro-Bavarian dialect continuum") → |
partOf |
|
Central Bavarian
("Bavarian language")
→
Central Bavarian ("Austro-Bavarian language") → |
subclassOf |
|
Central Bavarian
("Mittelbairisch")
→
|
hasAlternativeName |
|
German-speaking Europe
("Austrian German")
→
|
hasLanguageVariety |
|
Irminonic languages
("Austrian German")
→
|
hasNotableLanguage |
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Irminonic languages
("Bavarian")
→
|
includes |
|
Silesian language
("Austro-Bavarian language")
→
|
influencedBy |
|
Vienna
("Viennese German")
→
|
localDialect |
|
Austria
→
|
nationalLanguage |
|
Austrians
("Austrian German")
→
|
standardLanguageVariety |