Bavarian · Bavarian-Austrian
A large Upper German dialect group spoken across Bavaria and most of Austria, with distinctive vowel shifts and vocabulary far removed from Standard German.
- Approximate centre
- 48.14°, 11.57°
Dialect comparison
Bairisch vs Wienerisch
Compare two dialects of German side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Viennese
The urban Bavarian dialect of Vienna, layered with Yiddish, Czech, and Italian loanwords from the city's long Habsburg history.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 48.21°, 16.37°
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