Austro-Bavarie leid
Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian (German: Bairisch, autonym Boarisch) is a major group o Upper German varieties spoken in the sooth east o the German leid aurie.
[edit] History an oreegin
The Austro-Bavarian regiolect haes its oreegins in the Germanic tribe kent as the Bavarii, who establisht a tribal duchy, which covered muckle o wha is today Bavarie an some o Austrick in the early Middle Ages an wis eventually subdued bi Charlemagne. Housomeivver, they gradually migratit doun the Danube an intae the Alps tae aw those auries whaur Austro-Bavarian dialects are spoken. German linguists refer to this speech variety, a group o three East Upper German dialects, simply as "Bairisch" (Bavarian, athoot "Austro"). They are dividit intae "Oberpfälzisch" (Upper Palatinian, e.g. North Bavarian), "Donaubairisch" (Danube[ian] Bavarian, e.g. Central Bavarian) an "Alpenbairisch" (Alpine Bavarian, e.g. South Bavarian).
These auries haed been provinces o the Roman Empire, an the leids o the population wur based on Laitin, but this leid wis replaced bi the Germanic dialects o the immigrants as the previous inhabitants wur assimilatit or forced oot. This development contrasts wi that in the provinces o Gallie an Hispanie, whaur the Germanic leids o the conquerors o those territories wur able tae exert ae a limited influence on the Romance dialects o the local populations.
In German, the vera auld wird "Bairisch", referring to the language, is typically differentiated from the 19th-century term "Bayerisch", which refers tae the state o Bavarie. Acause o Keeng Ludwig I's passion for aw things Hellenic, the German name for Bavarie today is spelled "Bayern", uisin the Greek 'y', it an aa reflects the growth o Bavarie efter the Vienna Congress intae culturally non-Bavarian auries, e.g. Franconie an Swabie, an the attempts tae integrate them intae the newly formed kinrick. The leid spoken there haes retained its oreeginal Germanic spellin "Bairisch", uisin the Roman 'i'.
