A Word Atlas of Pennsylvania German

A Word Atlas of Pennsylvania German

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This is the most extensive reference work on Pennsylvania German (also known as Pennsylvania Dutch), the dialect now spoken primarily by Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities in the United States. It displays 173 maps showing regional variants for a word or grammatical form throughout the former German-speaking regions of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Reprints of four classic essays by Seifert on the dialect geography of Pennsylvania German. Hardcover. Max Kade Inst. of German-Am. , 2001. 302 pages.