Bavarian

Austro-Bavarian speech of southeast Germany and Austria, farther from standard German than Dutch is.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Roughly fourteen million people across Bavaria and Austria speak Austro-Bavarian varieties.
• Greetings alone mark the border: "Grüß Gott" and "Servus" where the north says "Guten Tag".
• Linguists often class it as a distinct language; its speakers mostly call it dialect.

Specifications & Metrics

• LANGUAGE: German (Austro-Bavarian)