Bavaria
The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 kmē (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost of the 16 states of Germany. Its capital is Munich.
Dialects
Several German dialects are spoken in Bavaria. In the administrative regions to the north the Franconian dialect is prevalent, in Swabia the local dialect is Swabian, a thread of the Alemannic dialect family. In the Upper Palatinate people speak the Northern Bavarian dialect that can vary regionally. In Upper and Lower Bavaria (Middle) Austro-Bavarian is the predominant dialect.
Related Topics:
Dialect - Franconian - Swabia - Swabian - Alemannic - Austro-Bavarian
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