Southern Bavarian
Southern Bavarian or Southern Austro-Bavarian (German: Südbairisch) is a variety of the original Austro-Bavarian language. It is mostly spoken in Austria (Tyrol, Carinthia, and Upper Styria) and Italy (South Tyrol). There are subvariants of Southern Bavarian. Gottscheerish and Cimbrian are all Southern Bavarian dialects.
| Southern Bavarian | |
|---|---|
| Südbairisch[1] | |
| Native to | Austria (Tyrol, Carinthia, Upper Styria) Italy (South Tyrol) Germany (Werdenfelser Land) Brazil (Treze Tílias), United States, Canada |
| Native speakers | (unknown) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin (German alphabet) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
 Bavarian dialects
Southern Bavarian | |
The Tyrolean dialect is spoken in North Tyrol, East Tyrol, and South Tyrol. The Tyrolean dialect is close to the dialect spoken in Ostallgäu. The Carinthian dialect is spoken in Carinthia. The Carinthian dialect has a lot of Slavic similarities and spelling. The examples of Carinthian: the High German "a" often becomes "ò" instead of "å" and "Ei" becomes "à" (Dòs wàss i nit; High German: Das weiss ich nicht).[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ethnologue entry". Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ↑ "Südbairischer Dialekt". Wikipedia (in Deutsch). 2021-06-26.