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Languages in Austria


Languages in Austria are varied and assorted in nature, with Germany being the official and the most widely spoken language of the land. Along with the principal language, there are also several minority languages spoken extensively in Austria, more popular among the native population and small communities.

Among the Languages in Austria , German is considered as to be the only national language in the country having huge international acclaims and accreditations. This Austrian language can be spoken in numerous different dialects. It is actually Austrian-German that is the mother tongue of the country's inhabitants, which is far different from the typical German language.

Alemmanic is one of the Languages in Austria that is more popular in Vorarlberg and differs from the customary German language in many ways. High Alemmanic is one of its main varieties.

Austro-Bavarian is a dialect common among the Austro Bavarian community. While communicating in this language, there are almost no difficulties that the inhabitants of Austria and South Germany face.

Among the languages of the minority , mention may be made about Turkish . Being the largest minority language, it is spoken only by a small 2.3 percent of the Austrian population consisting of the immigrants.

As they second most popular minority language, Serbian is used by 2.2 percent of the Austrian people.

The official language of Burgenland, Croatian is popular among 1.6 percent of the population in Austria.

Though of little use now, Hungarian was originally an important minority language in Austria. At present, around 20,000 people (0.05%) in Burgenland speak the language extensively.

Bosnian , the least spoken of the minority languages, is popular only among 0.04 percent of the population.

Ultimately, it is Slovenian which in spite of being the official language of Carinthia, is used by 0.3 percent of the total number of Austrians.

The diversity of the Languages in Austria has made it easy for the international travelers to visit the land and communicate with the natives, to know more about the country from different aspects and viewpoints.


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