Austrian German
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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. euro|topics. 16 March 2006. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ Russ (1994:7, 61–65, 69, 70)
- ↑ Sanders, Ruth H. (2010), German: Biography of a Language, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 197–198, ISBN 978-0-19-538845-9
- ↑ Moosmüller, Sylvia (2007), Vowels in Standard Austrian German: An Acoustic-Phonetic and Phonological Analysis (PDF), retrieved 13 May 2015
- ↑ Perfetti, Charles A.; Rieben, Laurence; Fayol, Michel, eds. (1997), Learning to Spell: Research, Theory, and Practice Across Languages, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 88, ISBN 978-1-4106-0458-3
