Wiktionary:About Bavarian

Bavarian is a group of Germanic dialects in the southeast of the German language area, particularly in Bavaria, Austria and Italy.

See also

• Wiktionary:About Gottscheerish (the Bavarian lect spoken by Gottscheers, which has its own header + code, gmw-gts)

Phonology

Vowels

The Bavarian is based on an unreliable and unsourced source, and simplified/incomplete.

Standard German			Bavarian
Letters	IPA	Example	North (Upper Palatinate)	Mid-west (Southern Bavaria)	Mid-east (Austria)	South (Tyrol)
a	[a]	Wasser	[ɒ~ɔ]			[ɔ]
		Platz	[oː], [ɔː]	[ɔː], [ɒː]
	[aː]	Wagen				[ɔː], [oː]
		Schaf	[ɔu̯]
ä	[ɛ]	Plätze	[a], [e]		[e]	[a]
	[ɛː]	Wägen	[aː], [eː]		[eː]	[aː]
		Käse	[aː]
e	[ɛ]	Bett	[e]			[ɛ]
		Essen	[e], [ɛ]		[e]
		Dreck	[eː]	[eː], [ɛː]	[eː]
	[eː]	Feder				[ɛː], [eː~ei̯]
		Esel	[eː], [iː]	[eː]		[eː~ei̯]
		Schnee	[ɛi̯]	[ɛː]		[ɛɐ̯]
i, ie	[ɪ]	bitten	[i]			[i]
		Fisch	[iː]
	[iː]	nieder	[iː]	[iː], [iɐ̯]		[iː]
		fliegen	[ei̯]	[iɐ̯]
o	[ɔ]	Glocke	[o]			[o]
		Frosch	[oː], [uː]	[oː]
	[oː]	Vogel				[oː~ou̯]
		rot	[ɔu̯]	[ou̯]	[oː], [ɔː]	[ɔɐ̯]
ö	[œ]	Frösche	[e]
	[øː]	Vögel	[eː], [iː]	[eː]	[eː], [øː]	[eː~ei̯]
		böse	[ɛi̯]	[ɛː]		[ɛɐ̯]
u	[ʊ]	dumm	[u]			[u]
		Guss	[uː]
	[uː]	Kuh	[ou̯]	[uɐ̯]
ü	[ʏ]	Brücke	[u]
		Schlüssel	[i]
	[y]	Flügel	[iː]		[iː], [yː]	[iː], [iɐ̯]
		Kühe	[ei̯]	[iɐ̯]
au	[aʊ̯]	Baum	[aː]
		Haus	[au̯]	[ạu̯]/[au̯], [aː], [ɒː]	[ɒu̯]	[au̯]
äu	[ɔʏ̯]	Bäume	[aː], [ai̯]		[aː]
		Häuser	[ai̯]		[æe̯]	[ai̯]
eu		Feuer				[ui̯~oi̯]
ei	[aɪ̯]	Eis				[ai̯]
		breit	[oɐ̯]	[oɐ̯]
		Leiter	[oi̯]