Bavarian Language Atlas
The Bavarian Language Atlas (BSA) is a research project in which the dialects of the Free State of Bavaria are collected across the board and thematically comprehensively and then presented in the form of atlases in order to make them accessible to research, but also to all interested parties. The subject of the survey is the down-to-earth dialect, as it is spoken in its most original form, especially by older sections of the population in the rural or craft environment.
Sub-projects
The overall project Bavarian Language Atlas is divided into 6 regional projects:
- The linguistic atlas of Bavarian Swabia was started as the first sub-project in 1980 by the University of Augsburg with test recordings. The actual surveys took place from 1984 to 1989; publication began in 1996.
- The language atlas of Northeast Bavaria has been developed at the University of Bayreuth since 1981 . The surveys took place between 1981 and 1999. The publication began in 2004.
- The Language Atlas of Middle Franconia was founded in 1989 at the University of Erlangen . After the surveys between 1991 and 1998, publication began in 2003, and Volume 3, the core project, was completed in 2014.
- The language atlas of Lower Franconia has been edited at the University of Würzburg since 1989 . The surveys took place between 1991 and 1996. The first volume was published in 2005.
- The Language Atlas of Lower Bavaria has been edited at the University of Passau since 1989 . After the survey was completed in 1998, publication of the second volume began in 2003.
- The language atlas of Upper Bavaria was started in 1991 at the University of Passau . After the surveys were completed in 1998, the publication is currently being prepared.
- Partial results of the individual language atlases have been summarized at the University of Augsburg since 1999 and appeared in 2006 as the Small Bavarian Language Atlas .
- In 2008 the maps of the "small Bavarian language atlas" were made available online together with sound documents as the "speaking language atlas of Bavaria".