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Austria

Home to 3 dialects represented on Dialect Atlas, spanning 2 language families.

Romani dialects in Austria

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Lovari

A Vlax Romani variety with strong Hungarian and Slavic influence. Spoken across Central Europe.

German dialects in Austria

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Bairisch

also: 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.

Wienerisch

also: Viennese

The urban Bavarian dialect of Vienna, layered with Yiddish, Czech, and Italian loanwords from the city's long Habsburg history.