Editing Bavarian language (section)

==Geographical distribution and dialects==
* In Europe:
** In [[Germany]], the language is spoken in [[Upper Bavaria]], [[Lower Bavaria]], and the [[Upper Palatinate]] districts in [[Bavaria]]. It is also spoken in southern [[Vogtland]], in [[Saxony]];
** In [[Austria]], except [[Vorarlberg]];
** In [[Italy]] in [[South Tyrol]] and a handful of linguistic enclaves of Cimbrian and Carnic people in [[Northern Italy]];
** In [[Switzerland]], it is spoken in the village of [[Samnaun]], in [[Grisons]];
** In [[Sopron]] ([[Hungary]]) and surroundings.
* Outside of Europe:
** In [[Treze Tílias]], Brazil
** In [[Pozuzo|Pozuzo, Peru]]
** In [[Hutterite German|the United States and Canada]] (Hutterite German)

Three main dialects of Bavarian are:
* [[Northern Bavarian]], mainly spoken in [[Upper Palatinate]], but also in adjacent areas (small parts of [[Upper Franconia]] ([[Wunsiedel (district)|Wunsiedel district]] and [[Bayreuth (district)|Bayreuth district]]), [[Saxony]] (southern [[Vogtland]]), [[Middle Franconia]], [[Upper Bavaria]] and [[Lower Bavaria]]).
* [[Central Bavarian]] along the main rivers [[Isar]] and [[Danube]], spoken in [[Upper Bavaria]] (including [[Munich]], which has a standard German-speaking majority), [[Lower Bavaria]], southern [[Upper Palatinate]], the [[Swabia (Bavaria)|Swabian]] district of [[Aichach-Friedberg]], the northern parts of the [[Salzburg (state)|State of Salzburg]], [[Upper Austria]], [[Lower Austria]], [[Vienna]] (''see [[Viennese German]]'') and the Northern [[Burgenland]].
* [[Southern Bavarian]] in [[Samnaun]], [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]], [[South Tyrol]], [[Carinthia]], [[Styria]], and the southern parts of Salzburg and Burgenland.

Differences are clearly noticeable within those three subgroups, which in Austria often coincide with the borders of the particular states. For example, each of the accents of Carinthia, Styria, and Tyrol can be easily recognised. Also, there is a marked difference between eastern and western central Bavarian, roughly coinciding with the border between Austria and Bavaria. In addition, the Viennese dialect has some characteristics distinguishing it from all other dialects. In Vienna, minor, but recognizable, variations are characteristic for distinct districts of the city.

Before the [[expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia]], the linguistic border of Bavarian with Czech was on the farther side of the [[Bohemian Forest]] and its Bohemian foreland was Bavarian-speaking.

Alternatively, there are four main dialects:<ref>Kurt Gustav Goblirsch, ''Consonant Strength in Upper German Dialects'', John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012 as [https://benjamins.com/catalog/nss NOWELE Supplement Series] vol. 10 (originally Odense University Press 1994), p. 23 f.</ref>
* North Bavarian
* Middle Bavarian
* South Middle Bavarian
* South Bavarian