³1username³2LarrySanger³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981496108³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2newauthor³31³3minor³30³3text³3I know nothing about Austrian dialects.  Could someone please write a little about this?  I'm very curious.  I lived in Bayern for sechs Monaten and was exposed a bit to Bayerisch (sp?).  What Austrian dialects are there, and are they all or mostly comprehensible dialects of German? -- LarrySanger  (delete this info-request when you answer it please...)
³3summary³3*³2tscreate³2981496108³2keepts³2981497069³2id³21001³2host³2cobrand.bomis.com³2revision³21³1username³2³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981497069³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2text³3AustriA has nearly an infinite number of dialects. The main ones are:

1. Wienerisch - spoken in ViennA. Most Austrians detest it because they think that the Viennese people are annoying. It is the most comprehensible one for the German speakers.

2. Tirolerisch - spoken in the state of Tirol. Very hard to understand.

3. Vorarlbergerisch - spoken in the state of Vorarlberg. IMPOSSIBLE to understand - sounds like the Schwitzerdeutsch that is spoken by the Swiss.

Each of the three dialects has many variations. Other ones (Kärnterisch, Burgenländerisch, etc.) are easier to understand and harder to distinguish. Please note that the whole of AustriA has less inhabitants than NYC. Most Austrians can easily switch from "normal" German to their home dialect (especially noticeable when students living in ViennA are phoning home to their parents), but a few do have problems in writing proper German.

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