Demographics of Austria - Languages

Languages

  • German (official nationwide) 88.8% (94% Bavarian, 6% Alemanic)
  • Turkish 2.3%
  • Serbian 2.2%
  • Croatian 1.3% (official in Burgenland)
  • Bosnian 0,5%
  • Slovene (official in Carinthia) 0.2–0.5%
  • Hungarian (official in Burgenland) 0.2%
  • Czech 0.2%
  • Slovak 0.1%
  • Romany ?%
  • Languages of the recent immigrant groups around 10% (Census 2001)

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