Southern Bavarian

E364969

Bavarian dialect Upper German dialect dialect group

Southern Bavarian is a group of Upper German dialects spoken primarily in southern Bavaria and parts of Austria and South Tyrol, forming part of the broader Bavarian dialect continuum.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Bavarian canonical	1
Southern Bavarian dialects	1
Southern Bavarian of South Tyrol	1
Southern Bavarian of Upper Bavaria (Alpine)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bavarian dialect ⓘ Upper German dialect ⓘ dialect group ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Central Bavarian ⓘ Northern Bavarian ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Central Bavarian dialects ⓘ Northern Bavarian dialects ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Southern Bavarian ⓘ surface form: Southern Bavarian dialects Südbairisch ⓘ
hasDialect	Carinthian ⓘ Southern Bavarian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Bavarian of South Tyrol Southern Bavarian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Bavarian of Upper Bavaria (Alpine) Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Tyrolean
hasFeature	alveolar or postalveolar realization of /r/ in many varieties ⓘ distinct pronoun system compared to Standard German ⓘ distinct vowel system compared to Standard German ⓘ lack of final devoicing in some sub‑dialects ⓘ lexical differences from Standard German ⓘ monophthongization of Standard German diphthongs in many varieties ⓘ strong reduction of unstressed vowels ⓘ use of diminutive suffix -l or -le in many areas ⓘ use of double perfect in some varieties ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	developed from Old High German dialects in the Alpine region ⓘ
ISO639Status	has no separate ISO 639-1 code ⓘ treated as part of Bavarian in ISO 639-3 (bar) ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
notUsuallyUsedFor	formal writing ⓘ
partOf	Bavarian dialect continuum ⓘ Germanic languages ⓘ High German dialects ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
regionType	Alpine dialect area ⓘ
spokenIn	Austria ⓘ Burgenland ⓘ surface form: Burgenland (southern parts) Carinthia ⓘ Salzburg ⓘ surface form: Salzburg (southern parts) South Tyrol ⓘ Upper Styria ⓘ surface form: Styria (western and southern parts) Trentino ⓘ Tyrol ⓘ Vorarlberg ⓘ surface form: Vorarlberg (eastern parts) southern Bavaria ⓘ
standardLanguage	Standard German ⓘ
subclassOf	Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Bavarian language Upper German ⓘ
usedAs	primarily spoken vernacular ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Bavarian → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Bavarian ⓘ

Southern Bavarian → hasDialect → Southern Bavarian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bavarian of South Tyrol

Southern Bavarian → hasDialect → Southern Bavarian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bavarian of Upper Bavaria (Alpine)

Southern Bavarian → hasAlternativeName → Southern Bavarian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bavarian dialects