The history of the United States is multilingual , and many non - English speaking communities have deal to maintain their languages , sometimes for C of years . Here are six idiom of French and German that go back a prospicient way .
1. LOUISIANA FRENCH
French has been speak in Louisiana since long before the Pilgrims go far . Here , in a snip from YouTube change of location channelWhere ’s Andrew , Louisiana native Elgin Thibodeaux explain how his whole family still speaks French .
2. PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH
What we call Pennsylvania Dutch is actually an old dialect ( or accumulation of dialects ) of German that has been here since colonial times . It ’s still spoken in many part of Pennsylvania and a few areas of Ohio and Indiana . you may hear its difference from stock German in this collection of example of people count from one to 10 .
3. NEW ENGLAND FRENCH
Less well known than Louisiana French is New England French . It was bring through French Canada to an area running from Maine to Connecticut , and survives in very little numbers of loudspeaker these days . Some youthful citizenry are trying to keep it live . Here 17 - twelvemonth - sometime Christian , from Berlin , New Hampshire , contribute an illustration of the dialect toWikitongues , a non - profit organization that aims to create a public archive of the world ’s languages .
4. TEXAS GERMAN
The U.S. received a Brobdingnagian inflow of German immigrant in the 19th 100 . Some of the communities they established keep a intimately wholly German - talk elbow room of biography for a few generation . Here is Vernell , from Fredericksburg , Texas , spill about her Texas German upbringing .
5. MISSOURI FRENCH
Also known aspaw - paw French , this language talk by settlers in Ozark mining communities for centuries is nearly nonextant . Here is a transcription of Missouri French tribe tales collected by learner Joseph - Médard Carrière , read by Chris Valdivieso .
6. WISCONSIN SWISS GERMAN
Many German - speaking immigrant communities uphold their words for generation in Wisconsin . The settlers of New Glarus , Wisconsin come from Switzerland , and the German of their descendants is specifically Swiss . you could see an instance of it from the University of Wisconsin ’s Max Kade Institute for German - American Studieshere .
