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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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