"What languages do austria speak?
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Austrian people speak Austrian, which is very close to German. So they can probably speak and understand German without any difficulty.
A better source would be the CIA Factbook, which says:
Languages: German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
Oh my... That’s news to me.
"What languages do austria speak?
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Austrian people speak Austrian, which is very close to German. So they can probably speak and understand German without any difficulty.
Austrian is a language like American is a language (which is to say, it isn't.) It's at best a dialect.
My sources?
Languages: German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
or, if you trust the CIA as much as anybody else should (which is to say, not at all) how about the Austrian Embassy to the U.S.A.:
Official Languages: German, locally also Slovene, Hungarian, and Croatian
Anything that starts with "Wiki" should probably not be trusted implicitly where His Ohness is concerned.
AUSTRIA — Britannica Student Encyclopedia
http://student.britannica.com/comptons/atlas?geogId=19
Official name Republik Österreich (Republic of Austria)
Form of government federal state with two legislative houses (Federal Council [62]; National Council [183])
Chief of state President
Head of government Chancellor
Capital Vienna
Official language German
Official religion none
Monetary unit euro (€)
Population estimate (2008) 8,338,000
Total area (sq mi) 32,383
Total area (sq km) 83,871
THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF AUSTRIA ISN'T AUSTRIAN... It is GERMAN.
[It's sort of like Spanish — In Mexico if you speak Castillian Spanish (the form spoken in Spain, and taught in most schools), Mexicans will be able to understand you, but many of the words are a bit different when you learn MEXICAN Spanish. But, it's ALL called “Spanish”.]
Wiki must have wrote that last night to cover obama’s rear.
Just FYI: The person you are relying on for that answer, also thinks Antarctica recently had a name change, and that the word “Eleventh” has 4 syllables...
Best to check your sources when relying on an unknown person to supply your facts...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/UserDiscuss:Steve8rox#Add
Do Americans speak Americana? Do Brits speak Britainnia? Do Mexicans speak Mexican?
What do Austrian kangaroos speak?
After that gaffe, ZERO’s people probably when on line and change Wiki to reflect what he said. :)
There's no such language as "Austrian". There are a number of different Austrian dialects of German, but they differ a good deal from each other -- there is no one "Austrian" dialect, even.
Is that like Southerners speak Southern which is close to English, just better?