What language is Pennsylvania Dutch most closely related to?

Dutch is also derived from Deutsch, which means german in the German language. Pennsylvania Dutch is the name Pennsylvania Deutsch ended up as after mispronouncing Deutsch

Cool question, got it wrong but, learned something...that’s what I love about this game/app!

I've known that since I was a kid. I'm descended from the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish people who immigrated from Pennsylvania to the Midwest my last name is from my Pennsylvania Dutch heritage and is traced back over 200 years to Pennsylvania.

I'm half PA Dutch/German, & half Irish. My Grandmother spoke to my Great Grandmother in this language all the time. Never did know what they were saying?

TW, that makes sense, daaah. I speak German and never thought about it.

Gary, me too

Evickag, I visited Germany in 1959, and at that time there was believed to be some 30 dialects of low German, some so diverse that people from the north did not understand people from the south of Germany. that was one of the reasons for developing the high German as a national language.

Guillermo Jr., and shoo fly pie

wesley, How does such a small country come to have so many dialects? My Great grandfather comes from Heidelberg in mid 1800s moved to the,South West of USA

I know this,because i am Pennsylvania Dutch

Gary, stoltzfus

they can do serious justice to some scrapple..

they can do serious justice to some sc

Gary, Me too!

hey my family is Dutch. great grandfather came from the Netherlands on birth certificate

What I wanna know is why the Dutch have been saddled with such pejorative idioms in English? I wonder if the French have idioms knocking the Dutch as well. After all, they're neighbors. Samples: D courage, go D, D rub (ouch!), D uncle