Languages
- German (official nationwide) 88.8% (94% Bavarian, 6% Alemanic)
- Turkish 2.3%
- Serbian 2.2%
- Croatian 1.3% (official in Burgenland)
- Bosnian 0,5%
- Slovene (official in Carinthia) 0.2–0.5%
- Hungarian (official in Burgenland) 0.2%
- Czech 0.2%
- Slovak 0.1%
- Romany ?%
- Languages of the recent immigrant groups around 10% (Census 2001)
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Famous quotes containing the word languages:
“Wealth is so much the greatest good that Fortune has to bestow that in the Latin and English languages it has usurped her name.”
—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)
“People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can’t pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in languages we once classified as “exotic” but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)
“The trouble with foreign languages is, you have to think before your speak.”
—Swedish proverb, trans. by Verne Moberg.