Languages of Austria
Republic of Austria, Republik Österreich. 8,292,000. National or official languages: Standard German, Slovenian (regional), Croatian. Literacy rate: 99%–100%. Immigrant languages: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Czech (11,000), French (15,000), Greek (12,000), Kirmanjki, Northern Kurdish (23,000), Polish (39,000), Slovak (3,340), Turkish (68,000), Western Farsi (2,000), Yeniche. Also includes Arabic (3,000), Chinese (1,200). Information mainly from B. Comrie 1987; M. Stephens 1976. Blind population: 11,005. Deaf population: 482,311. Deaf institutions: 17. The number of individual languages listed for Austria is 9. Of those, all are living languages.
| Austrian Sign Language | [asq]
Alternate names: Austro-Hungarian Sign Language.
Dialects: Partially intelligible with French Sign Language [fsl]. Related to Russian Sign Language [rsl]. Sign language used in class and that used by adults outside class are different.
Classification: Deaf sign language
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| Bavarian | [bar]
7,000,000 in Austria (2005). Population total all countries: 13,259,000. Central 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.
Alternate names: Bairisch, Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch, Ost-Oberdeutsch.
Dialects: Central Bavarian (Danube Bavarian), North Bavarian (Upper Franconian), South Bavarian, Salzburgish.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Bavarian-Austrian
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| Croatian | [hrv]
19,400 in Austria (2001 census). Burgenland and Vienna.
Dialects: Burgenland Croatian.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western
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| German, Standard | [deu]
7,500,000 in Austria (J. A. Hawkins 1987).
Dialects: Kärntnerisch.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German
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| German, Swiss | [gsw]
300,000 in Austria (1991 Annemarie Schmidt). West, Vorarlberg.
Alternate names: Alemannic, Alemannisch.
Dialects: High Alemannisch (Hochalemannisch).
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Alemannic
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| Hungarian | [hun]
25,900 in Austria (2001 census). Vienna, Lower Austria, Styria, Burgenland.
Alternate names: Magyar.
Dialects: Oberwart.
Classification: Uralic
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| Romani, Sinte | [rmo]
4,350 in Austria (2001 census).
Alternate names: Rommanes, Sinte, Sinti.
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern
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| Slovene | [slv]
18,000 in Austria (2001 census). Southwest, Carinthia (Kärnten) and Steiermark (Styria).
Alternate names: Slovenian, “Windisch”.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western
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| Walser | [wae]
8,080 in Austria (2000). Vorarlberg (Grosses Walsertal: Blons, Fontanella, Raggal, St. Gerold, Sonntag, Thüringerberg); Kleinwalsertal (Mittleberg); Brandnertal (Brand); Montafon (Silbertal); Reintal (Laterns); Tannberg (Schricken, Lech, Warth); Tirol: Paznauntal (Galtnr). 14 communities.
Alternate names: Walscher.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Alemannic
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