Bavarians

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Ethnic group.group: Bavarians
Ethnic group.flag: 250px
Ethnic group.flag_caption: Flag of Bavaria
Ethnic group.total: 15 million
Ethnic group.rels: Christianity (Catholic Church with a Protestant minority)
Ethnic group.langs: Native and historicBavarianPredominantGerman
Ethnic group.related: Other Germanic peoples(especially Slavs, Celts, Hungarians, Other Germans)

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female form of label: Bavarka
Commons category: Bavarii

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Areal and dialectal subdivision
History
Origins
Holy Roman Empire
Modern history
List of notable Bavarians
Scientists
Business
Politicians
Artists
Athletes
Others
See also
Notes
References

thumb|The Oktoberfest in [[Munich, the most widely known festival of Bavarian culture, held since 1810 (2006 photograph)|300x300px]]

Bavarians are an ethnographic group of Germans native to Bavaria, a state in Germany. The group's dialect or language is known as Bavarian, native to Altbayern ("Old Bavaria"), roughly the territory of the historic Electorate of Bavaria in the 17th century.