ISO 639-3 · barbar
Indo-European family
Bavarian
Boarisch
Bavarian is a language of the High German branch (Indo-European), spoken in Austria and Germany. Wikidata counts 14.1 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “major group of Upper German varieties spoken in the southeast of the German language area Bavaria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bar- Glottocode
bava1246- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 48.00, 12.50
- Wikipedia
- 85 language editions
14.1 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bavarian · Boarisch |
|---|---|
| Also called | Austro-Bavarian language, Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian, Boarisch, Boirisch |
| L1 speakers | 14,100,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 14,089,000 (2016) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Bavarian
The branches above Bavarian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Austria
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalromRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredhunHungarianUralic · 12.6 m1 · NationalhrvCroatianIndo-European · 7 m1 · NationalslvSloveneIndo-European · 2.4 m1 · NationalwaeWalser Germanunclassified · 22,7806b · ThreatenedyecYenishIndo-European · 16,0006a · VigorousasqAustrian Sign Languageunclassified5 · Developing