Pennsylvania German

E52955
German language variety West Central German dialect minority language in North America regional language

Pennsylvania German is a West Central German dialect historically spoken by German immigrants in Pennsylvania and still used today, especially within Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities in North America.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Pennsylvania German canonical 13
Pennsylvania Dutch 5
Pennsylvania Dutch culture 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German language variety ⓘ
West Central German dialect ⓘ
minority language in North America ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
alternativeName Deitsch ⓘ
Pennsylvania German ⓘ
surface form: Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch

Pennsylvania German ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch
closelyRelatedTo Palatine German ⓘ
coexistsWith English ⓘ
developedFrom Southwestern German dialects ⓘ
developedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
developedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distinctFrom Dutch ⓘ
surface form: Dutch language

New High German ⓘ
surface form: Standard German
endangermentStatus relatively stable within Amish communities ⓘ
grammaticalGenderSystem three-gender system ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom English ⓘ
Palatine German ⓘ
New High German ⓘ
surface form: Standard German
hasPhonologicalFeature High German consonant shift ⓘ
hasSVOOrder yes ⓘ
hasV2WordOrder yes ⓘ
historicalOrigin dialects of the Palatinate region of Germany ⓘ
historicalOriginPeriod 18th century ⓘ
ISOCode pdc ⓘ
isPrimarily spoken language ⓘ
languageBranch Germanic languages ⓘ
languageContact American English ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch West Germanic languages ⓘ
preservationFactor use in closed religious communities ⓘ
primaryRegion Pennsylvania ⓘ
region Canada ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
standardizationStatus lacks fully standardized orthography ⓘ
subgroup High German languages ⓘ
Central German languages ⓘ
surface form: West Central German
typicalDomain home and community life ⓘ
religious settings ⓘ
usedByCommunity Amish ⓘ
Amish ⓘ
surface form: Old Order Amish

Mennonites ⓘ
surface form: Old Order Mennonites

traditionalist Anabaptist groups ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amish → language → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
West Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
West Overton Museums → heritage → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Irminonic languages → includes → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Irminonic languages → hasNotableLanguage → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
German Canadians → relatedTo → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Germans
Adin Yutzy → hasLanguage → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Central German languages → hasPart → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Pennsylvania German → alternativeName → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania German → alternativeName → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch
Palatine German → hasDialect → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Palatine German → influenced → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Palatine German → hasCulturalAssociation → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch culture
Abraham Overholt → ethnicGroup → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
West Germanic peoples → ancestralTo → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania → knownFor → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch culture
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania → languageCommunity → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania German speakers
Jonathan Taylor Thomas → ethnicOrigin → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch
Kutztown, Pennsylvania → hasHeritage → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch
Berlin, Ontario, Canada → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania German settlers
Dwight Schrute → ethnicity → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch
Eisenhower family → origin → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch community
Samuel Stehman Haldeman → notableWork → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch: A Dialect of South German
River Brethren traditions → languageHeritage → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Beachy Amish Mennonite churches → languageUsed → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Christoph Sauer → languageOfWorkOrName → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Groundhog Day festival → associatedWith → Pennsylvania German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Dutch culture