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From https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/german-dialect-in-the-us_pennsylvania-dutch-a-language-that-persisted/43403674

Pennsylvania Dutch: A language that persisted
By Douglas J. Madenford
November 1, 2017

“Guder Mariye, liewe Kinner!” (Good morning, dear children!)

I start most of my mornings with these four words. What’s most interesting about that statement is that I am an American. My family immigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania in the early 1700s and has been here ever since. Twelve generations later, we still speak the language that our forefathers brought with them across the Atlantic: Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvaanisch Deitsch, or PD).

There are very few immigrant languages that have stood the test of time in America. Most immigrants stop using their native language within a generation or two of immigrating in the hopes of assimilating to American culture and society. My forefathers decided that yes, assimilation is important, but we would continue to maintain our language.

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