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Austro-Bavarian German

Austro-Bavarian is an Upper German dialect family spoken in Southern Bavaria, the major part of Austria (outside of Vorarlberg, where an Alemannic dialect is spoken), and South Tyrol (politically a part of Italy).

It includes the Austro-Bavarian dialect, as well as the Cimbrian and Mócheno dialects spoken in formerly Austrian parts of modern Italy, and Hutterite German, spoken by some ethnic German communities in North America.

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