What is the official language of Austria?
The official language of Austria is German. The accent is different from the German spoken in Germany, although quite a few Austrian dialects are similar to local dialects spoken in Southern Germany. Some words also differ, but only a few. Anyway, linguists differentiate between the two variants of German and study their distinctive peculiarities.
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William Laughlin
So were Ernst Mach, Christian Doppler, Erwin Schrödinger, Richard Kuhn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senta Berger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hedy Lamarr, Romy Schneider, Maximilian Schell, Christoph Waltz, Joseph Haydn, Gustav Mahler, Johann Strauss II, Mozart, Franz Schubert, Ferdinand Porsche, Daniel Swarovski, Erich von Stroheim, Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, the Rothschilds, Maximilian I - Emperor of Mexico, Hans Asperger, Sigmund Freud, Gregor Mendel, Oskar Schindler, and Simon Wiesenthal. So what's your point, or were you just trying to bring the conversation down as usual?
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Jun 20, 2016 9:29AM

Irene A
What the heck is this war about on here, on a quizz that should be fun. Grow up!
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Dec 21, 2016 11:44PM
Meredith Reeves
Americans should never, ever play the race card unless they are a North American Indian. ALL the rest of us are squatters!!!
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Jun 21, 2016 10:59PM
Ben Totuous
Speaking of Hitler being Austrian and all... We Americans would all be in a bad way if we were judged by our very worst...Vermin the likes of Rick Shomin, or Senate Repukes who green light terrorist scum to buy guns without a background check.
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Jun 21, 2016 6:44AM

William Laughlin
Although there have been claims that Hitler was Jewish, it is untrue. A Jew is any person whose mother was a Jew or any person who has gone through the formal process of conversion to Judaism. Neither Hitler nor his mother meet those requirements.
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Oct 8, 2016 4:27AM

William Laughlin
Tim Coyle
That fact that a question may be difficult for you to answer doesn't necessarily make it a "trick question".
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Oct 8, 2016 4:30AM

William Laughlin
Not really. I think it is rather straight forward. It's like asking what the official language of Brazil is! What's tricky about that?
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Jun 19, 2016 6:18AM

David Colloby
What a load of bigoted comments
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Aug 14, 2019 2:19AM

William Laughlin
Bewley Steve No, I don't think that was his implication. You are reading far too much into his sophomoric response and giving him far too much credit. Have you ever read any of his other comments? I'm fairly certain he said that just to be a burr under the saddle.
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Jun 23, 2016 12:53PM

William Laughlin
Rick Shomin Well there we have it. An endorsement from Rick Shomin, so it MUST be true! LOL
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Jun 23, 2016 12:55PM

Char
Nicole Toma-Tolman, agreed
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Mar 17, 2022 11:26PM

Char
Shakeel Zaidi, many don't know how to be nice to people whose situations are different than thiers. Me I dislike rudeness and putting people down that are trying to learn..
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Mar 17, 2022 11:25PM

Char
John William Waddell, it happens
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Mar 17, 2022 11:23PM

Char
tbear, I didn't know that makes me wonder what my great grandfather's people from there spoke..
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Mar 17, 2022 11:22PM

Char
earlepg, agree also Spanish is the same or Mexican..I bet it's that way in all countries and languages
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Mar 17, 2022 11:20PM

Char
William Laughlin, I found it straight forward too
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Mar 17, 2022 11:19PM

Char
Roxann Sellers, I like Obama and he and Michelle both have better educations and we manners than you
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Mar 17, 2022 11:17PM

Char
Meredith Reeves, I'm a part squatter lol yet I agree with you totally
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Mar 17, 2022 11:15PM

Char
Irene A, exactly but your wasting your time I've finally got rougher about it. I get on here to enjoy it then all the mean remarks? If I did have other good people on here I'd just stop. I do it for fun and I'm 69 so I do it to keep the brain working..I had a stroke too about 10 years ago so it helps to keep the mind active..
Welcome
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Mar 17, 2022 11:14PM

earlepg
I am amused over all the discussion over the language used in Austria. It doesn't seem to be any different than the English language and all the variations it undergoes in various locations including countries that have different names.
English may have started in England, but it, with many variations, is the same language used in the United States (and further, in New England, the South, the Midwest, the West, etc.), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other areas around thw globe.
So what if the German used in Austria (or any other place) is somewhat different than that used in the motherland?
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Feb 8, 2022 6:47AM

Joe Mangan
carlthedad, the Netherlands (no longer called Holland) speaks Dutch, not German, though similar. A small are in the east of Belgium is German-speaking.
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Dec 19, 2021 1:34PM

Joyce Greenlees
Germans call their country Deutschland and their language is Deutsch. Deutschland and Deutsch translate into Germany and German respectively. Austrians speak German. Research for yourself.
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Dec 11, 2021 5:14AM

Howard Groopman
"Austrian" not a language that I know of, yet 17% seem to think it is.
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Feb 23, 2021 6:26PM

Howard Groopman
Linda Johnson, What's a "hooked a check"? And learn how to spell politicians.
Springer went to my high school seven years before me.
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Feb 23, 2021 6:26PM

Kat
royalsfan, so what?
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Nov 9, 2020 8:09PM
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