Central Bavarian

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Austro-Bavarian dialect German dialect dialect group

Central Bavarian is a major dialect group of the Austro-Bavarian branch of German, spoken primarily in regions such as Upper and Lower Bavaria and parts of Austria, including Vienna.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Central Bavarian dialects	1
Tyrolean Bavarian	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austro-Bavarian dialect ⓘ German dialect ⓘ dialect group ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	northern Bavaria ⓘ surface form: Northern Bavarian Southern Bavarian ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ Germany ⓘ
developedFrom	Middle High German ⓘ Old High German ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Central Bavarian ⓘ surface form: Central Bavarian dialects Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Mittelbairisch
hasDialect	Innviertel dialects ⓘ Lower Bavarian dialects ⓘ Mostviertel dialects ⓘ Salzburg dialects ⓘ Traunviertel dialects ⓘ Upper Austrian dialects ⓘ Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Viennese German
hasFeature	distinct vowel system compared to Standard German ⓘ lenition of consonants between vowels ⓘ monophthongization of Standard German diphthongs ⓘ reduction of final consonants in some words ⓘ use of contracted verb forms ⓘ
languageBranch	High German languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
languageCode	bar ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility	partially intelligible with Standard German ⓘ
partOf	Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Austro-Bavarian dialect continuum Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Bavarian dialect continuum
region	Bavaria ⓘ Burgenland ⓘ Lower Austria ⓘ Lower Bavaria ⓘ State of Salzburg ⓘ surface form: Salzburg (state) South Bohemian Region ⓘ surface form: South Bohemia South Moravia ⓘ Upper Austria ⓘ Upper Bavaria ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
standardLanguage	Standard German ⓘ
subclassOf	Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Austro-Bavarian language Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Bavarian language
timePeriod	modern era ⓘ
usedIn	cabaret and comedy ⓘ everyday spoken communication ⓘ folk music lyrics ⓘ regional media ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Central Bavarian → hasAlternativeName → Central Bavarian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Bavarian dialects

Austro-Bavarian German → hasDialect → Central Bavarian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tyrolean Bavarian