Pennsylvanish

Pennsylvanish
Pennsylvanie German, Pennsylvanie Dutch
Deitsch, Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch
Native tae	Unitit States, Canadae
Region	Unitit States: Indiana Illinois Iowa Kentucky Missouri New York Ohio Wast Virginie Pennsylvanie Wisconsin Canadae Ontario Ither pairts o North Americae an sum auries o Central Americae
Ethnicity	Pennsylvanie Dutch
Native speakers	147,000 (2012-2016 American Community Survey) tae 350,000 (2012) (L2 speakers: aroond 3,000)
Leid faimily	Indo-European Germanic Wast Germanic Hiech German Wast Central German Rhine Franconie Palatine German Pennsylvanish
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	pdc
Glottolog	penn1240
Linguasphere	52-ACB-he
Blue: The coonties wi the hiechist proportion o Pennsylvanish spikkers. Reid: The coonties wi the heichist nummer o Pennsylvanish spikkers. Purpie: The coonties wi baith the heichest proportion an heichist nummer o Pennsylvanish spikkers.

Pennsylvanish (Pensylvanish: Pennsilfaanisch-Deitsch; cried Pennsylvanie German or Pennsylvanie Dutch an aw) is a byleid o Wast Central German relatit tae the Palatine byleids, spakken by the Auld Order Amish, Auld Order Mennonites an ither fowk o German forebeirs in the Unitit States an Canadae. Hit is said that thare are aroond 300,000 fowk that spik hit as thair mither leid.

Hit wis tradeetionally a byleid o the Pennsylvanie Dutch fowk, descendants o late 17t an early 18t yeirhunner incomers tae Pennsylvanie, Maryland, Virginie, Wast Virginie, an North Carolina fae soothren Germany, eastren Fraunce, an Swisserland.

Spikkers o the byleid the dey maistly live in Pennsylvanie, Ohio, Indiana, an ither Midwastren states o the Unitit States, an in Ontario in Canadae forby. Historically, the byleid wis spakken in mony ither auries whaur uissage o the byleid haes lawered.