Pennsylvania German

Facts

  • Language: Pennsylvania German
  • Alternate names: Pennsylvania Deitsh, Pennsylvanish, Pennsylvania Dutch
  • Language code: pdc
  • Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Middle German, West Middle German, Rhenish Franconian, Palatinate
  • Number of speakers: 98,700
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Separate orthographies for Pennsylvania and Ohio dialects. Christian.

    Pennsylvania German is spoken in USA, Canada, North America.