Kate Lebedeva, 1ma What language do the Amish

Kate Lebedeva, 1ma What language do the Amish speak?

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

some similarities with dialects of German includes numerous English words Pennsylvania German (Pennsylvania Dutch) Swiss Amish primarily found in Indiana

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

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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