Bavarian (German: Bairisch [ˈbaɪrɪʃ] ()) is a West Germanic language variety variously described as a dialect of German or as a language in its own right, spoken in parts of Bavaria and most of Austria. Before 1945, Bavarian was also prevalent in parts of the southern Czech Republic and western Hungary.Bavarian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and …

Northern Bavarian is a dialect of Bavarian, together with Central Bavarian and Southern Bavarian.Bavarian is mostly spoken in the Upper Palatinate, although not in Regensburg, which is a primarily Central Bavarian–speaking area, according to a linguistic survey done in the late 1980s. According to the same survey, Northern Bavarian is also spoken in Upper Franconia, as …