Southern Bavarian or South Bavarian, is a cluster of Upper German dialects of the Bavarian group. They are primarily spoken in Tyrol (i.e. the Austrian federal state of Tyrol and the Italian province of South Tyrol), in Carinthia and in the western parts of Upper Styria. Due to the geographic isolation of these Alpine regions, many features of the Old Bavarian language from the Middle High German period have been preserved. On the other hand, the Southern Bavarian dialect area is influenced by the Rhaeto-Romance languages, locally also Slovene and to a lesser extent Italian.
southern, bavarian, south, bavarian, cluster, upper, german, dialects, bavarian, group, they, primarily, spoken, tyrol, austrian, federal, state, tyrol, italian, province, south, tyrol, carinthia, western, parts, upper, styria, geographic, isolation, these, al. Southern Bavarian or South Bavarian is a cluster of Upper German dialects of the Bavarian group They are primarily spoken in Tyrol i e the Austrian federal state of Tyrol and the Italian province of South Tyrol in Carinthia and in the western parts of Upper Styria Due to the geographic isolation of these Alpine regions many features of the Old Bavarian language from the Middle High German period have been preserved On the other hand the Southern Bavarian dialect area is influenced by the Rhaeto Romance languages locally also Slovene and to a lesser extent Italian Southern BavarianSudbairischNative toAustria Tyrol Carinthia Upper Styria Italy South Tyrol Germany Werdenfelser Land Switzerland Samnaun Brazil Treze Tilias United States CanadaLanguage familyIndo European GermanicWest GermanicIrminonicHigh GermanUpper GermanBavarian 1 Southern BavarianWriting systemLatin German alphabet Language codesISO 639 3 Glottologsout2632 South Bavarianglob1242 Global South BavarianBavarian dialects after 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans Southern BavarianThe speech area historically included the former linguistic enclaves in Carniola present day Slovenia around Kocevje in the Gottschee region Gottscheerish Sorica Zarz and Nemski Rovt Deutsch Ruth The Cimbrian language still spoken in several language islands in north eastern Italy Friuli Veneto and Trentino mostly counts as a separate Bavarian language variant Southern Bavarian is also spoken in the Werdenfelser Land region around Mittenwald and Garmisch Partenkirchen in German Upper Bavaria The Tyrolean Unterland the Alpine regions of Salzburg Pinzgau Pongau and Lungau as well as the adjacent parts of Styria and southern Burgenland form the dialect continuum with the Central Bavarian language area in the north See also EditHutterite German Mocheno languageReferences Edit Ethnologue entry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Southern Bavarian amp oldid 1116145779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
