What language do the Amish speak

Август 8, 2022

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What language do the Amish speak

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2. bilingual Pennsylvania Dutch English dinner table preaching in church services reading and writing instruction in schools
4. some similarities with dialects of German includes numerous English words Pennsylvania German (Pennsylvania Dutch) Swiss Amish
6. Dictionaries have been compiled. Some books are written in the dialect. When Amish write letters, they
7. Pennsylvania German is the first language an Amish child learns. In Amish schools, instruction is in
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bilingual
Pennsylvania Dutch
English
dinner table
preaching in church services
reading and writing
instruction in

schools

business transactions

interactions with non-Amish

Standard German

read prayers and sing at church services

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some similarities with dialects
of German
includes numerous English words
Pennsylvania German (Pennsylvania Dutch)
Swiss

Amish

primarily found in Indiana

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Dictionaries have been compiled.
Some books are written in the dialect.
When Amish

write letters, they do it in English, with some occasional use of German possible.

not a written language

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Pennsylvania German is the first language an Amish child learns.
In Amish schools,

instruction is in English, along with some classes in High German.

Amish children learn English in school

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