Bavarian language

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/bavarian-language

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is Bavarian language?Bavaria (Germany), Austria, South Tyrol (Italy)
2. What is the estimated speaker population?Approximately 12 million individuals
3. What is the linguistic classification?A group of Upper German varieties, often referred to as Austro-Bavarian
4. Where is Bavarian spoken?It is spoken in Bavaria in Germany, Austria, and South Tyrol in Italy. The area covers about 125,000 square kilometers.
5. How many people speak Bavarian?Around 12 million people speak Bavarian dialects. In 2008, 45 percent of Bavarians used only the dialect at home.

Dialect Continuum: A range of dialects spoken across a large geographical area that gradually change from one place to the next.
Phonological Features: Specific characteristics related to the sounds and pronunciation patterns of a language or dialect.
Lexical Variation: Differences in vocabulary and word usage between different languages or dialects.