Adam Yoder weess net, wu mer sei Satt “Deitsch” verschteh kann im alte Land. Mer kenne ihm sell saage: In die Pfalz (Palatinate) im “Rhine Valley”. Datt schwetze die Leit en Mudderschprooch, ass aarick neegscht iss zu sell, was die Pennsylvanisch-Deitsche als noch am schwetze sinn.
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Hiwwe wie Driwwe 
hey there,
i just saw your video.
i am from the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. in the south west
out of a town called Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
we talk the dialect “Pälzisch” ( so its called in dialect, in highgerman would be “Pfälzisch”)
we all over here speak it.even foreigners from other countries living here.
and it resembles your language a lot.
for example me and my generation (kids from a town, not a village) we lost a little bit of the dialect compared to our grandparents.
they sound more simliar to what you talk then if i talk.
but if u go out our little town to the villages in Rheinland-Pfalz , there the people sound still a lot like you.
so the “dutch” in pennsilvanya dutch i dnt understand. dutch for me is clear netherlands language and got nothing to do with what you speak.
is funny when i look up things in wikipedia in “deitsch” i can read the text and it sounds totally like our dialect.
hipe i could help u
Hey Adam,
I just accidentally stumbled upon your video. Really interesting this Deitsch or Dutch you guys speak. i am actually German, from the south. Pennsylvania Dutsch sounds like a simplified mixture of Swiss German and Swabian to me. Sounds also really old to me which is not surprising.
I wonder, are there still towns where people speak the language in their day-to-day life? I think I could probably understand most of it.
All the best,
Fabian
Hi there!
The words Dutch and Deitsch are a bit confusing to many people, i think. I’m not sure whether i can answer your question, but i’ll try. ‘Dutch’ is the language spoken in The Netherlands (aka Holland), a small country next to Germany. The ‘Deitsch’ language originally comes from Germany and the German-speaking part of Switzerland.
The way you are speaking in this video, sounds a lot like that Deitsch they speak in the German part of Switzerland. And (please correct me if i’m wrong) originally the Amish came from that same part of German-Switzerland, many many many years ago, before moving to the USA.
At least, that’s what i learned.
I’m from The Netherlands myself and think it’s too bad there are no European Amish communities whatsoever…
I hope i’ve helped you at least a little. Greetings, Claudia Tuin