Do south tyroleans speak bavarian or german in everyday life?

Bavarian is German, or rather Bavarian is part of what makes up the German language, which is a continuum of dialects ranging from the North Sea and the Baltic coast down to South Tyrol and in enclaves even south of it. read more

Linguistic diversity is one of the best things about the German language. It is. Still, I speak (almost) standard German in university and everyday life because I moved pretty far away for university and nobody here would understand me otherwise. In university towns this applies to a large portion of the students. read more