Southern Bavarian

E364969

Southern Bavarian is a group of Upper German dialects spoken primarily in southern Bavaria and parts of Austria and South Tyrol, forming part of the broader Bavarian dialect continuum.

All labels observed (4)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bavarian dialect
Upper German dialect
dialect group
closelyRelatedTo Central Bavarian
Northern Bavarian
distinguishedFrom Central Bavarian dialects
Northern Bavarian dialects
hasAlternativeName Southern Bavarian dialects
linked to: Southern Bavarian

Südbairisch
hasDialect Carinthian
Southern Bavarian of South Tyrol
linked to: Southern Bavarian

Southern Bavarian of Upper Bavaria (Alpine)
linked to: Southern Bavarian

Tyrolean
hasFeature alveolar or postalveolar realization of /r/ in many varieties
distinct pronoun system compared to Standard German
distinct vowel system compared to Standard German
lack of final devoicing in some sub‑dialects
lexical differences from Standard German
monophthongization of Standard German diphthongs in many varieties
strong reduction of unstressed vowels
use of diminutive suffix -l or -le in many areas
use of double perfect in some varieties
historicalDevelopment developed from Old High German dialects in the Alpine region
ISO639Status has no separate ISO 639-1 code
treated as part of Bavarian in ISO 639-3 (bar)
languageFamily Indo-European languages
notUsuallyUsedFor formal writing
partOf Bavarian dialect continuum
Germanic languages
High German dialects
West Germanic languages
regionType Alpine dialect area
spokenIn Austria
Burgenland (southern parts)
linked to: Burgenland

Carinthia
Salzburg (southern parts)
linked to: Salzburg

South Tyrol
Styria (western and southern parts)
linked to: Upper Styria

Trentino
Tyrol
Vorarlberg (eastern parts)
linked to: Vorarlberg

southern Bavaria
standardLanguage Standard German
subclassOf Bavarian language
Upper German
usedAs primarily spoken vernacular
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (4)

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Central Bavarian closelyRelatedTo Southern Bavarian
Southern Bavarian hasDialect Southern Bavarian of South Tyrol
linked to: Southern Bavarian
Southern Bavarian hasDialect Southern Bavarian of Upper Bavaria (Alpine)
linked to: Southern Bavarian
Southern Bavarian hasAlternativeName Southern Bavarian dialects
linked to: Southern Bavarian