Computers, smartphones, satnavs, lifts… they all speak to us. And sometimes we speak to them. But how well are we communicating? Austrian scientists are finding a niche for dialect in speech ...

"Most projects research dialects in rural areas" As Vergeiner explains, "our aim is to find out which form of dialect the majority of people in Austria currently use.

On 1 July, the UN celebrates the German language, an official language of the host countries of the United Nations Office at Geneva and the United Nations Office at Vienna.