Which language do most people in Austria speak?

The official and national language of Austria is German. Nearly all of the country's population speaks German, though the specific dialects vary by region.12

Most inhabitants speak a form of Bavarian, specifically the Austro-Bavarian dialect, which includes various subdialects like Middle Bavarian and Southern Bavarian. In the western part of the country, particularly in Vorarlberg and parts of western Tirol, the population primarily speaks an Alemannic dialect, which shares cultural and linguistic ties with German-speaking Switzerland. While there are minority groups in Austria who speak languages such as Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, and Turkish, these are spoken by smaller segments of the population.23