Austrian German
Austrian German[1] (German: Österreichisches Deutsch, Austro-Bavarian: Östareichisches Deitsch), Austrian Standard German (ASG),[2][3] Standard Austrian German[4] (Österreichisches Standarddeutsch), or Austrian High German[1][5] (Österreichisches Hochdeutsch), is the variation of Standard German. It is written and spoken mostly in Austria and South Tyrol.
| Austrian German | |
|---|---|
| Standard Austrian German Austrian High German Österreichisches Standarddeutsch, Österreichisches Hochdeutsch | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈøːstɐraɪ̯çɪʃəs ˈʃtandartdɔʏ̯tʃ] (or [-ˈstan-]) [ˈøːstɐraɪ̯çɪʃəs ˈhoːxdɔʏ̯tʃ] |
| Region | Austria, South Tyrol |
| Native speakers | (unknown) |
| Language family | Indo-European
|
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  Austria |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Austrian German Media
Schulschrift (1995), an Austrian primary-school handwriting style
A sign in Vienna: Fußgeher ("pedestrian") is Fußgänger in Germany. In all-caps words, capital ẞ (instead of SS) became standard in both nations in 2017, but SS remains valid.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The problems of Austrian German in Europe. eurotopics.net (16 March 2006)euro|topics. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ Russ (1994:7, 61–65, 69, 70)
- ↑ Sanders, Ruth H.. German: Biography of a Language (2010). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 197–198. ISBN 978-0-19-538845-9.
- ↑ Moosmüller, Sylvia. Vowels in Standard Austrian German: An Acoustic-Phonetic and Phonological Analysis (2007). Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ Learning to Spell: Research, Theory, and Practice Across Languages (1997)Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-4106-0458-3.
