Breaking Amish LA | Sam & Iva 

Is this sarcasm? Lol

janburn007 haha it's not dutch or german, sounds like scandinavian or something, maybe danish

geitmetsik I understand that the language many Amish speak is actually called "Pennsylvania Dutch" (the name given by the Amish themselves to the language they speak), even though it's probably not quite the same as proper "Dutch" - though I suspect there may be some similarities. As someone who speaks German, I also picked up a few words which were similar to German words, though again, the language is not quite the same as proper German. Several European languages such as German, Dutch, most of the Scandinavian languages, & Afrikaans (which is derived from Dutch), fall under the general linguistic category of "Germanic" languages - so while each is a distinct language within itself - there will be some similarities amongst all these languages. One thing I did notice though, was that their "accent" did not sound very Germanic, or European - it just sounded like they were speaking a foreign language with an American accent - which made me wonder whether they really do speak "Pennsylvania Dutch" at home with their families, or whether it was all just a "show" for the cameras.

+janburn007 As someone who speaks German and English. It pretty much sounds like a dialect, something you would find in the villages.

It's definitely not Scandinavian.

janburn007 It's German but not Standard German. It's closely related to Pältzisch, the Palatine dialect.

Yes