Servus!
say it: “SAIR-vus”
Bavarian
in its own words: Boarisch
- Speakers
- 14 million (estimate)
- Family
- Indo-European – Germanic
- Vitality
- Vulnerable
- Where it is spoken
- Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovenia
- Script
- Latin
Fun fact
ISO 639-3 lists Bavarian as a separate language (code bar); linguists in Germany and Austria usually class it as a group of Upper German dialects. A shibboleth often cited is Oachkatzlschwoaf, “squirrel's tail” (German Eichhörnchenschwanz).