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According to the 2001 population census, 88. 6 % are native German speakers ( 96 % Austro-Bavarian dialects and 4 % Alemanic dialects ) while the remaining 11. 4 % speak several minority languages.

The non-German speakers of Austria can be divided into two groups: traditional minorities, who are related to territories formerly part of the Habsburg Empire, and new minorities, resulting from recent immigration.