Austria
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Albanian, Tosk
[als] Users: 28,200 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Albanian, Tosk.
Alemannic
[gsw] Vorarlberg state. Users: 300,000 in Austria (1991 A. Schmidt). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Alemannisch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Alemannic.
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc] Users: 17,600 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Austrian Sign Language
[asq] Scattered. Users: 8,000 (2014 EUD). EUD estimates 8,000–10,000 deaf sign language users. Another estimate: 39,500 deaf (2014 IMB). Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2005, Constitution, Section 8(3) as amended). Alternate Names: Carinthian Sign Language, KGS, OEGS, ÖGS, Österreichische Gebärdensprache. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Bavarian
[bar] Lower Austria and Salzburg states; Burgenland, Carinthia, and Styria (Northern Bavarian dialect). Users: 8,280,000 in Austria (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 14,539,000. Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Bairisch, Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch, Ost-Oberdeutsch. Autonym: Boarisch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Bavarian-Austrian.
Bosnian
[bos] Users: 34,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Bulgarian
[bul] Users: 5,390 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Burgenland Croatian
[ckm] Burgenland state. Users: 30,000 in Austria (2002 UNESCO). Status: 6b (Threatened). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna), under the name of ‘Croatian’. Alternate Names: Burgenlandkroatische Sprache, Chakavian, Gradišćanskohrvatski jezik. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Chinese
[zho] A macrolanguage. 9,960 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Non-indigenous.
Croatian
[hrv] Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna states. Users: 109,000 in Austria (2017 World Factbook). Status: 6b (Threatened). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna). Alternate Names: Hrvatski, Serbo-Croatian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Czech
[ces] Lower Austria. Users: 17,700 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna). Alternate Names: Čeština, Český jazyk. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Dutch
[nld] Users: 3,800 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian.
English
[eng] Widespread. Users: 6,558,600 in Austria, all users. L1 users: 58,600 in Austria (2003 UNSD). L2 users: 6,500,000 (2019). Status: 4 (Educational). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Scattered. Users: 1,146,900 in Austria, all users. L1 users: 16,900 in Austria (2018 J. Leclerc). L2 users: 1,130,000 (Beck et al 2018). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
German, Standard
[deu] Widespread. Users: 182,000 in Austria (2017 Eurostat), based on nationality. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1929, Constitution, Article 8), constitution reinstated 1945. Alternate Names: Deutsch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Greek
[ell] Users: 3,100 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Hungarian
[hun] Burgenland, Lower Austria, Styria, and Vienna states. Users: 40,600 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 60,000 (Laakso et al 2013). Status: 4 (Educational). Recognized language (1976, Ethnic Groups Act, Articles 13–15). Alternate Names: Magyar, Ungarisch. Classification: Uralic.
Italian
[ita] Users: 794,700 in Austria, all users. L1 users: 10,700 in Austria (2003 UNSD). L2 users: 784,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Macedonian
[mkd] Users: 5,150 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Persian, Iranian
[pes] Users: 10,700 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian.
Polish
[pol] Users: 30,600 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Portuguese
[por] Users: 3,200 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] Burgenland province. Users: 6,270 in Austria (2003 UNSD). All Romani in Austria. Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Burgenland Romani, Central Romani, Romanes. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Sinte
[rmo] Upper Austria. Users: 6,270: All Romani in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1993, Federal Act of 16 December). Alternate Names: Manuš, Romanes, Sinte, Sinti, Sintitikes. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] Burgenland state: Oberwart district and Oberwart city. Users: Status: 6b* (Threatened). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Vlax.
Romanian
[ron] Users: 16,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern.
Russian
[rus] Users: 150,000 in Austria (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 40,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Serbian
[srp] Users: 177,000 in Austria (2017 World Factbook). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Slovak
[slk] Scattered, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria, Vienna. Users: 10,200 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna). Alternate Names: Slovenčina, Slovenský Jazyk. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Slovene
[slv] Carinthia and Styria states. Users: 24,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna). Alternate Names: Slovenščina, Slovenian, “Windisch” (pej.). Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 299,980 in Austria, all users. L1 users: 9,980 in Austria (2003 UNSD). L2 users: 290,000 (2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Swabian
[swg] Tyrol state: Reutte district, Reutte town area. Users: Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Schwäbisch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Alemannic.
Swedish
[swe] Users: 2,680 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Swedish.
Tagalog
[tgl] Users: 5,580 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog.
Turkish
[tur] Users: 197,000 in Austria (2015). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Turkish.
Walser
[wae] Tyrol state: Paznauntal area, Brandnertal, Galtur, Lech, Reintal, Schricken, Silbertal, and Warth; Vorarlberg state: Grosses Walsertal, Kleinwalsertal, Tannberg areas. Users: 8,080 in Austria (2000). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Walscher. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Alemannic.