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PENNSYLVANIAN GERMAN [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland by descendants of 17th and 18th century immigrants from southwest Germany and Switzerland.

OBS

The word Dutch in "Pennsylvanian Dutch" is the rendering of the German word "Deutsch" meaning "German".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Dialecte du haut-allemand parlé dans certaines parties de la Pennsylvanie et du Maryland par les descendants des immigrants du 17ième et du 18ième siècle venus d'Allemagne et de la Suisse.

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