Austria

German, Standard

[deu] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1929, Constitution, Article 8), constitution reinstated 1945. 182,000 in Austria (2017 Eurostat), based on nationality.

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 6,558,600 in Austria, all users. L1 users: 58,600 in Austria (2003 UNSD). L2 users: 6,500,000 (2019).

Hungarian

[hun] 4 (Educational). Recognized language (1976, Ethnic Groups Act, Articles 13–15). 40,600 in Austria (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 60,000 (Laakso et al 2013).

5 (Developing)

Alemannic

[gsw] 5* (Developing). 300,000 in Austria (1991 A. Schmidt).

Bavarian

[bar] 5* (Developing). 8,280,000 in Austria (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 14,539,000.

Romani, Carpathian

[rmc] 5* (Developing). 6,270 in Austria (2003 UNSD). All Romani in Austria.

Swabian

[swg] 5* (Developing).

Austrian Sign Language

[asq] 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2005, Constitution, Section 8(3) as amended). 8,000 (2014 EUD). EUD estimates 8,000–10,000 deaf sign language users. Another estimate: 39,500 deaf (2014 IMB).

5 (Dispersed)

Czech

[ces] 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna). 17,700 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

French

[fra] 5* (Dispersed). 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).

Italian

[ita] 5* (Dispersed). 794,700 in Austria, all users. L1 users: 10,700 in Austria (2003 UNSD). L2 users: 784,000 (European Commission 2012).

Romani, Sinte

[rmo] 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1993, Federal Act of 16 December). 6,270: All Romani in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Slovak

[slk] 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna). 10,200 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Slovene

[slv] 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna). 24,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

6b (Threatened)

Burgenland Croatian

[ckm] 6b (Threatened). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna), under the name of ‘Croatian’. 30,000 in Austria (2002 UNESCO).

Croatian

[hrv] 6b (Threatened). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna). 109,000 in Austria (2017 World Factbook).

Romani, Vlax

[rmy] 6b* (Threatened).

Walser

[wae] 6b* (Threatened). 8,080 in Austria (2000).

Unestablished

Albanian, Tosk

[als] Unestablished. 28,200 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 17,600 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Bosnian

[bos] Unestablished. 34,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Bulgarian

[bul] Unestablished. 5,390 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Chinese

[zho] Unestablished. 9,960 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Dutch

[nld] Unestablished. 3,800 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Greek

[ell] Unestablished. 3,100 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Macedonian

[mkd] Unestablished. 5,150 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Persian, Iranian

[pes] Unestablished. 10,700 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Polish

[pol] Unestablished. 30,600 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Portuguese

[por] Unestablished. 3,200 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Romanian

[ron] Unestablished. 16,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Russian

[rus] Unestablished. 150,000 in Austria (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 40,000 (European Commission 2012).

Serbian

[srp] Unestablished. 177,000 in Austria (2017 World Factbook).

Spanish

[spa] Unestablished. 299,980 in Austria, all users. L1 users: 9,980 in Austria (2003 UNSD). L2 users: 290,000 (2019).

Swedish

[swe] Unestablished. 2,680 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Tagalog

[tgl] Unestablished. 5,580 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Turkish

[tur] Unestablished. 197,000 in Austria (2015).

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