Editing Languages of the United States (section)

====Pennsylvania Dutch====
[[File:Pennsylvania Dutch map distribution.svg|thumb|[[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch]] areas of the [[United States]]]]
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[[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch]] or Pennsylvania German is a dialect of [[Palatine German language|Palatine German]] that is traditionally spoken by the [[Pennsylvania Dutch]], and has settled the Midwest, in places such as Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and other states, where many of the speakers live today. It evolved from the [[German dialects|German dialect]] of the [[Palatinate (region)|Palatinate]] brought over to America by [[Palatines]] from the [[Holy Roman Empire]] in the 1600s.<ref name="First German-Americans">{{Cite web|url=http://www.germanheritage.com/postal/germansettlers/|title=First German-Americans|website=Germanheritage.com|access-date=October 5, 2006|archive-date=May 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509091415/http://www.germanheritage.com/postal/germansettlers/|url-status=dead}}</ref> They settled on land sold to them by [[William Penn]]. Germantown included not only Mennonites, but also Quakers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/historic-germantown-new-knowledge-in-a-very-old-neighborhood-2/|title=Historic Germantown – Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia|website=Philadelphiaencyclopedia.org|access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref> The Pennsylvania Dutch speak Pennsylvania Dutch, and adhere to different Christian denominations: [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]], [[German Reformed]], [[Mennonite]]s, [[Amish]], [[Schwarzenau Brethren|German Baptist Brethren]], [[Catholicism|Roman Catholics]]; today Pennsylvania Dutch is mainly spoken by [[Old Order Amish]] and [[Old Order Mennonite]]s.