Our Amish Language: Recording a Dialect in Transition

Our Amish Language

I grew up in the Libby Amish community as it shifted from traditional practices to modern life, watching our Pennsylvania Dutch language evolve alongside our changing culture. Now, I am documenting these transitions through video interviews in Deitsch to preserve our unique linguistic heritage before it fades away entirely.

"I could be at a bus station anywhere in the United States and I can pick out an Amish person who's not wearing Amish clothing."