Central Bavarian

Central Bavarian
Mittelbairisch[1]
Native to	Germany (Upper and Lower Bavaria) Austria (Upper and Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Burgenland)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Upper German Bavarian[1] Central Bavarian
Writing system	Latin (German alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	cent1967
Bavarian dialects   Central Bavarian

Central Bavarian or Central Austro-Bavarian is a group of Bavarian dialects which are spoken in Austria. It is also spoken in Bavaria along the Danube, the northern Eastern Alps, and the Old Bavarian regions (mostly Munich). There are many large cities along the course of these rivers, and the dialects have a high prestige. They are also commonly used in TV and movie productions. It is commonly referred to as West Central Bavarian (Westmittelbairisch, spoken in Upper and Lower Bavaria) and East Central Bavarian (Ostmittelbairisch, spoken in Upper and Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, and Burgenland).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Ethnologue entry". Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2021-03-29.