Austria takes steps to promote its version of German language

Austria is planning to ward off the invasion of German language in the country and preserve its Austrian form. Recently, government announced a step to conserve the Austrian version of German language in order to stop the encroachment of words and texts from the neighbouring country, Germany. Austria and Germany like Britain and US are known to share a common language. While Germans and Austrians understand each other, there are some words in Austrian German which are completely different when used in German language. 

In Austria, every media including online and offline is frequently dubbed or produced in German language due to which people are not able to grasp their own version of German language in Austria. As a result of this, the expressions and peculiarities of the Austrian German are slowly dying.

When Austria joined European Union in 1995, it insisted to give protected status to its version of language. 

In past it seems like Government has done enough to prevent words and expressions being transferred from border. According to some of the linguistic experts, the Austrian version of German is only a local dialect in the country without any individual identity.

However with the new initiatives, government is encouraging its natives to use this language more. In schools, children and teachers are being encouraged to use Austrian version of German language instead of German.