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ISO 639-3 · pdcpdc
Indo-European family
Pennsylvania German
Pennsylvanisch Deitsch
Pennsylvania German is a language of the West Central German branch (Indo-European), spoken in United States. Wikidata counts about 148,000 speakers (2015). Wikidata describes it as “variety of West Central German”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pdc- Glottocode
penn1240- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Centre point
- 41.00, -78.00
- Wikipedia
- 70 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Pennsylvania German · Pennsylvanisch Deitsch |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pennsylvanian language, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania German-language, Pennsylvania German language |
| All speakers | 148,000 (2015) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Pennsylvania German
The branches above Pennsylvania German, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United States
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