West Germanic language spoken in Bavaria and Austria
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Bavarian
Austro-Bavarian
Boarisch / Boirisch
Parking sign in Munich
Region
Bavaria (Germany) Austria South Tyrol (Italy)
Ethnicity
Bavarians Austrians South Tyroleans
Native speakers
15 million (2012)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
High German
Upper German
Bavarian
Writing system
Latin alphabet, Marcomannic (historically)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
bar
Glottolog
baye1239 Bairisch bava1246 Bavarian
Extent of Bavarian
Bavarian is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Upper German language area after 1945: blue: Bavarian-Austrian dialects
Bavarian (German: Bairisch[ˈbaɪʁɪʃ]ⓘ; Bavarian: Boarisch or Boirisch[2]), alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a major group of Upper German varieties spoken in the southeast of the German language area, including the German state of Bavaria, most of Austria and the Italian region of South Tyrol.[3] Prior to 1945, Bavarian was also prevalent in parts of the southern Sudetenland and western Hungary.[4] Bavarian is spoken by approximately 12 million people in an area of around 125,000 square kilometres (48,000 sq mi), making it the largest of all German dialects. In 2008, 45 percent of Bavarians claimed to use only dialect in everyday communication.[5]
^Bavarian at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^Rowley, Anthony R. (2023). Boarisch – Boirisch – Bairisch: Eine Sprachgeschichte (in German). Friedrich Pustet GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 9783791734378.
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