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In the mixed-language districts of Carinthia, Slovene is also considered an official language. In some districts of Burgenland, Hungarian and Croatian have equal status to German as an official language." [9] About 250 languages are spoken throughout Austria, though many have very small populations of speakers. [9]
Atlas Linguisticus is an atlas of the world's languages published in 1934 in Innsbruck by priest and researcher Albert Drexel [1] (1889–1977) [2] and cartographer Rosa Wimpissinger. [3] The atlas consists of eight full-page (65 cm by 95 cm [ 4 ] ) maps and over 50 other maps, [ 5 ] so in total of 29 map pages that are folded into 48 66 cm by ...
German is the official language of six countries, all of which lie in central and western Europe. These countries (with the addition of South Tyrol of Italy) also form the Council for German Orthography and are referred to as the German Sprachraum (German language area).
A color-coded map of most languages used throughout Europe. There are over 250 languages indigenous to Europe, and most belong to the Indo-European language family. [1] [2] Out of a total European population of 744 million as of 2018, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language.
Pages in category "Languages of Austria" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A topographic map of Austria showing cities with over 100,000 inhabitants A glacial region in winter, close to the valley Ötztal in Tyrolia. The highest peak is the Wildspitze (3,768 metres (12,362 ft)), the second highest mountain in Austria. Austria is a largely mountainous country because of its location in the Alps. [149]
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
According to the 2001 population census, 88.6% are native German speakers (96% Austro-Bavarian language and 4% Alemannic language) while the remaining 11.4% speak several minority languages. The non-German speakers of Austria can be divided into two groups: traditional minorities, who are related to territories formerly part of the Habsburg ...