Editing Salzburg (section)

==Language==
[[Austrian German]] is widely written and differs from Germany's standard variation only in some vocabulary and a few grammar points. Salzburg belongs to the region of [[Austro-Bavarian]] dialects, in particular [[Central Bavarian]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Klaaß |first1=Daniel |title=Untersuchungen zu ausgewählten Aspekten des Konsonantismus bei österreichischen Nachrichtensprechern |date=2009 |publisher=Peter Lang |location=Frankfurt am Main |isbn=9783631585399 |page=38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_mN2mj_4--0C |access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref> It is widely spoken by young and old alike although professors of linguistics from the Universität Salzburg, Irmgard Kaiser, and Hannes Scheutz, have seen over the past few years a reduction in the number of dialect speakers in the city.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reitmeier |first1=Simone |title=Salzburg Mundart: Stirbt der Dialekt in naher Zukunft aus? |url=http://www.weekend.at/lifestyle/thema/dialekt-in-salzburg/17.600.973 |website=weekend.at |publisher=Weekend Online GmbH |access-date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924034343/https://www.weekend.at/lifestyle/thema/dialekt-in-salzburg/17.600.973 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Winkler |first1=Jacqueline |title=Dialekte in ihrer heutigen Form sterben aus |url=https://www.salzburg24.at/news/salzburg/dialekte-in-ihrer-heutigen-form-sterben-aus-salzburger-hannes-scheutz-im-interview-84786160 |website=salzburg24 |date=18 June 2020 |publisher=Salzburg Digital GmbH |access-date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628144704/https://www.salzburg24.at/news/salzburg/dialekte-in-ihrer-heutigen-form-sterben-aus-salzburger-hannes-scheutz-im-interview-84786160 |url-status=live }}</ref> Although more and more school children are speaking standard German, Scheutz feels it has less to do with parental influence and more to do with media consumption.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pumhösel|first1=Alois|title=Germanist: 'Kinder vor Dialekt bewahren zu wollen ist absurd'|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000115285298/germanist-kinder-vor-dialekt-bewahren-zu-wollen-ist-absurd|newspaper=[[Der Standard]]|location=Vienna|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626202722/https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000115285298/germanist-kinder-vor-dialekt-bewahren-zu-wollen-ist-absurd|url-status=live}}</ref>