Ethnologue 14 report for language code:BAR

BAVARIAN: a language of Austria

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: BAR

ISO 639-2: gem

Population

No estimate available.

Region

Central Bavarian is in the Alps and Lower Austria and Salzburg; North Bavarian in the north of Regensburg, to Nuremburg and Western Bohemia, Czech Republic; South Bavarian in the Bavarian Alps, Tyrol, Styria, including the Heanzian dialect of Burgenland, Carinthia, northern Italy, and part of Gottschee. Also spoken in Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy.

Alternate names

BAYERISCH, BAIRISCH, BAVARIAN AUSTRIAN, OST-OBERDEUTSCH

Dialects

CENTRAL BAVARIAN, NORTH BAVARIAN, SOUTH BAVARIAN.

Classification

Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Bavarian-Austrian.

Comments

School is compulsory for 9 years, and is taught in Standard German. However, one report indicated that active competence in Standard German is limited for some speakers. News broadcasts in German are understood poorly by some of the population. Not endangered. SVO; prepositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives before noun heads; question word initial; 2 prefixes, 3 to 4 suffixes on a word; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; affixes indicate case of noun phrase; obligatory verb affixes mark person and number of subject, other suffixes can mark gender of subject and person, number, and gender of object; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV, CCV. Bible 1998.

Also spoken in:

Czech Republic

Language name	BAVARIAN
Alternate names	BAYERISCH, BAVARIAN AUSTRIAN
Dialects	CENTRAL BAVARIAN, NORTH BAVARIAN, SOUTH BAVARIAN.
Comments	Investigation needed: intelligibility with dialects, bilingual proficiency, attitudes. Bible 1998. See main entry under Austria.

Germany

Language name	BAVARIAN
Alternate names	BAIRISCH, BAYERISCH, BAVARIAN AUSTRIAN
Dialects	CENTRAL BAVARIAN, NORTH BAVARIAN, SOUTH BAVARIAN.
Comments	Bilingualism in Standard German, Czech. School is taught in Standard German. Bible 1998. See main entry under Austria.

Hungary

Language name	BAVARIAN
Alternate names	BAYERISCH, BAVARIAN-AUSTRIAN
Comments	Standard German used by educated people. Hungarian, Standard German used in professions. Used at home. Investigation needed: intelligibility, bilingual proficiency, attitudes. Bible 1998. See main entry under Austria.

Italy

Language name	BAVARIAN
Alternate names	BAYERISCH, BAVARIAN AUSTRIAN
Dialects	CENTRAL BAVARIAN, NORTH BAVARIAN, SOUTH BAVARIAN.
Comments	School in South Tyrol is taught in Standard German. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Standard German, bilingual proficiency in Italian, attitudes toward German, Italian. Bible 1998. See main entry under Austria.