text: In contrast to many other dialects of German , Austro-Bavarian differs sufficiently from Standard German to make it difficult for native Austro-Bavarian speakers to adopt standard pronunciation .
simplified: Like standard German , Austro-Bavarian is a High German language , but they are not the same language . However , Austro-Bavarian and Standard German have influenced each other and the vast majority of Austro-Bavarian speakers speak Standard German as well .