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bavarian language
The BavarianLanguage is a BavarianAustrianLanguage of Austria. 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. 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. Also spoken in: 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. Also spoken in: 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. Also spoken in: 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.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesbavarian austrian languageOf the eight UpperGermanLanguages, four are classified as a BavarianAustrianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 german group language
 germanic languageA GermanicLanguage is any of 58 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in the UnitedKingdom and northern and central Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 indo european languageThere are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 language familyA LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 natural languageThe subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 upper german languageOf the 17 GermanGroupLanguages, eight are classified as an UpperGermanLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 west germanic language
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