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The Central Austro-Bavarian Germanic
Germanic languages

The Germanic languages are a group of related languages that constitute a branch of the Indo-European languages language family. The common ancestor of all the languages in this branch is Proto-Germanic, spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Pre-Roman Iron Age....
 dialects forming a subgroup of the Austro-Bavarian
Austro-Bavarian

Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German variety . Like standard German, Austro-Bavarian is a High German languages, but they are not the same language....
 dialects. The subgroup covers all dialects spoken along the rivers Isar
Isar

The Isar is a river in Tyrol , Austria and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tirol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald, and flows through Bad T?lz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf....
 and Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
, on the northern side of the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
.

Central Austro-Bavarian dialects are spoken in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, Upper Bavaria
Upper Bavaria

Upper Bavaria is one of the seven Regierungsbezirks of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south of Bavaria, around the city of Munich. It is subdivided into four regions : Ingolstadt, Munich, Bayerisches Oberland , and S?dostoberbayern ....
, Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria

Lower Bavaria is one of the seven Regierungsbezirks of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. It is subdivided into three regions ?Landshut, Passau and Donau-Wald....
, southern Upper Palatinate
Upper Palatinate

The Upper Palatinate is one of the seven Regierungsbezirks of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. It is subdivided into two regions - Oberpfalz-Nord and Regensburg....
, the Swabia
Swabia

Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia is both a historic and linguistics region in Germany. Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-W?rttemberg , as well as the Bavarian Swabia ....
n district of Aichach
Aichach

Aichach is a town in Germany, located in the States of Germany of Bavaria and situated just northeast of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg....
, the northern parts of the State of Salzburg
Salzburg (state)

Salzburg is a Bundesland or Land of Austria with an area of 7,154 km?, located adjacent to the Germany border. With 529,085 inhabitants it is one of the country's smaller states in terms of population....
, Upper Austria
Upper Austria

Upper Austria is one of the nine States of Austria or Bundesl?nder of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria , and Salzburg ....
, Lower Austria
Lower Austria

Lower Austria is one of the nine Bundesland or Bundesl?nder in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria is Sankt P?lten — the most recent capital town in Austria....
, Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 (see Viennese language) and the Northern Burgenland
Burgenland

Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstadt and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities....
).

There are noticeable differences in the language within the group, but changes historically occur along a west-east continuum.






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The Central Austro-Bavarian Germanic
Germanic languages

The Germanic languages are a group of related languages that constitute a branch of the Indo-European languages language family. The common ancestor of all the languages in this branch is Proto-Germanic, spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Pre-Roman Iron Age....
 dialects forming a subgroup of the Austro-Bavarian
Austro-Bavarian

Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German variety . Like standard German, Austro-Bavarian is a High German languages, but they are not the same language....
 dialects. The subgroup covers all dialects spoken along the rivers Isar
Isar

The Isar is a river in Tyrol , Austria and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tirol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald, and flows through Bad T?lz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf....
 and Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
, on the northern side of the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
.

Central Austro-Bavarian dialects are spoken in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, Upper Bavaria
Upper Bavaria

Upper Bavaria is one of the seven Regierungsbezirks of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south of Bavaria, around the city of Munich. It is subdivided into four regions : Ingolstadt, Munich, Bayerisches Oberland , and S?dostoberbayern ....
, Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria

Lower Bavaria is one of the seven Regierungsbezirks of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. It is subdivided into three regions ?Landshut, Passau and Donau-Wald....
, southern Upper Palatinate
Upper Palatinate

The Upper Palatinate is one of the seven Regierungsbezirks of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. It is subdivided into two regions - Oberpfalz-Nord and Regensburg....
, the Swabia
Swabia

Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia is both a historic and linguistics region in Germany. Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-W?rttemberg , as well as the Bavarian Swabia ....
n district of Aichach
Aichach

Aichach is a town in Germany, located in the States of Germany of Bavaria and situated just northeast of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg....
, the northern parts of the State of Salzburg
Salzburg (state)

Salzburg is a Bundesland or Land of Austria with an area of 7,154 km?, located adjacent to the Germany border. With 529,085 inhabitants it is one of the country's smaller states in terms of population....
, Upper Austria
Upper Austria

Upper Austria is one of the nine States of Austria or Bundesl?nder of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria , and Salzburg ....
, Lower Austria
Lower Austria

Lower Austria is one of the nine Bundesland or Bundesl?nder in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria is Sankt P?lten — the most recent capital town in Austria....
, Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 (see Viennese language) and the Northern Burgenland
Burgenland

Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstadt and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities....
).

There are noticeable differences in the language within the group, but changes historically occur along a west-east continuum. That means that the languages of Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 and Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
 are very different from each other, but the dialects of any two neighboring towns in between will be quite similar. However, due to influences of the corresponding political centers, discontinuous change is nowadays noticeable along the national border between Austria and Germany. Generally, Viennese has some characteristics differentiating it from other Austro-Bavarian dialects due to the influence of languages spoken by people moving to Vienna from many areas of Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Kaiserlich und k?niglich Monarchy was a state in Central Europe ruled by the House of Habsburg, constitutionally a personal union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary....
 during the 19th century.

A characteristic of Central Austro-Bavarian is the vocalization of l and r after e or i. E.g. the standard German viel becomes either vui (in Western Central Austro-Bavarian) or vüü (in Eastern Central Austro-Bavarian). The border between the western and eastern subgroups roughly coincides with the border between Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
 and Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
.

In all subgroups, hard consonants such as p, t, k are softened to become b, d, g.

See also

  • Austrian German
    Austrian German

    Austrian German is the national standard variety of the German language spoken in Austria. The standardized form of Austrian German is defined by the Austrian dictionary , published under the authority of the ministry of education, art and culture....