Bavarian
Boarisch, Bairisch
Pronounce German [baɪʁɪʃ]Bavarian [bɔarɪʃ]
Region Austria, Bavaria, and South Tyrol
Ethnicity Austrians
Bavarians
Speakers
14,000,000 (2016)
Family
AreaCentral Bavarian in the Alps and Lower Austria and Salzburg; North Bavarian north of Regensburg, to Nuremburg and Western Bohemia, Czech Republic; South Bavarian in Bavarian Alps, Tyrol, Styria, including the Heanzian dialect of Burgenland, Carinthia, northern Italy, and part of Gottschee. Also in Czech Republic, Germany, Italy.
Language Sites
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Glottolog baye1239  Bairisch
bava1246  Bavarian
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Extent of the Bavarian language
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