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Austrian language
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Several
Germanic
languages
and
dialects
are spoken in
Austria
.
Standard German
, called "High German" in Austria, is taught in schools, but many Austrians do not consider it a native language.
Austro-Bavarian
is a common language throughout much of the country.
Wienerisch[?]
, the Austro-Bavarian dialect of
Vienna
, is most frequently used in
Germany
for impersonations of the typical inhabitant of Austria. The
Central Austro-Bavarian[?]
dialects are more intelligible to speakers of Standard German than the
Southern Austro-Bavarian[?]
dialects of
Tirol
.
Vorarlbergerisch[?]
, spoken in
Vorarlberg
, is an
Alemannic
dialect similar to
Swiss German
.
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