Bavarian

• Alternate names: Bairisch, Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch, Ost-Oberdeutsch Also: in Czech Republic -- Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch; in Germany -- Bairisch, Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch; in Italy -- Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch
• Scriptures published: Bible (1998) New TestamentPortions (1971)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Austria
• Region: Central Bavarian in the Alps and Lower Austria and Salzburg; North Bavarian north of Regensburg, to Nuremburg and Western Bohemia, Czech Republic; South Bavarian in Bavarian Alps, Tyrol, Styria, including the Heanzian dialect of Burgenland, Carinthia, northern Italy, and part of Gottschee
• Also used in: Czech Republic, Germany, Italy
• Religion: No information available.
• Number of users: 13,259,000 (7,000,000 in Austria (2005); 9,000 in Czech Republic (2005); 6,000,000 in Germany (2005); 250,000 in Italy (2005))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Bavarian
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Bavarian on the web
• Joshua Project: Bavarian — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Bavarian — detailed linguistic information.