Pennsylvanish

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.

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.

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.