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The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvanisch Deitsche), [1] [2] [3] also referred to as Pennsylvania Germans, are an ethnic group in Ontario, Pennsylvania and other regions of Canada and the United States, most predominantly in the US Mid-Atlantic region.
Pennsylvania Dutch (Deitsch, Pennsilfaanisch-Deitsch ⓘ or Pennsilfaanisch) or Pennsylvania German, is a variation of Palatine German [3] spoken by the Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Amish, Mennonites, Fancy Dutch, and other related groups in the United States and Canada. There are approximately 300,000 native speakers of Pennsylvania Dutch ...
The Amish (/ ˈɑːmɪʃ /; Pennsylvania German: Amisch; German: Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss and Alsatian origins. [2] As they maintain a degree of separation from surrounding populations, and hold their faith in common, the Amish have been described by ...
The Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie Deitschland), or Pennsylvania Dutchland, [4][5] is a region of German Pennsylvania spanning the Delaware Valley and South Central and Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania. By the American Revolution in the 18th century, the region had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch ...
Many Pennsylvania Dutchmen are descendants of Palatines who settled the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. [6] The Pennsylvania Dutch language, spoken by the Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch in the United States, is derived primarily from the Palatine German language which many Mennonite refugees brought to Pennsylvania in the years 1717 to 1732. [65]
To this day, German speakers can be found in the United States among long-established Anabaptist groups – the Old Order Amish and most Old Order Mennonites speak Pennsylvania Dutch (or Bernese German or Alsatian by a minority of Amish) along with High German to various degrees (though they are generally fluent in English). [196]
Discussion also exists as to the term "ethnic Mennonite"; conservative Mennonite groups, who speak Pennsylvania Dutch, Plautdietsch (Low German), or Bernese German fit well into the definition of an ethnic group, while more liberal groups and converts in developing countries do not.
American German. Over 50 million Americans claim German ancestry, which makes them the largest single claimed ancestry group in the United States. Around 1.06 million people in the United States speak the German language at home. [6] It is the second most spoken language in North Dakota (1.39% of its population) [7] and is the third most spoken ...