PDT ISO 639-3
Plautdietsch
Plautdietsch Autonym
A language of Canada
- ISO 639
- pdt
- Alternate Names
- Low German, Mennonite German, Mennoniten Platt
- Autonym
- Plautdietsch
- Population
- 80,000 in Canada (Salminen 2007). Total users in all countries: 401,360.
- Location:
- Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan provinces.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon
- Dialects
- 50% intelligible of other Low German languages, Standard German [deu], Pennsylvania German [pdc], and Hutterite German [geh]. Plautdietsch has major differences from European Low German dialects still spoken along the North Sea and Baltic Ocean due to the various places where Mennonites lived during the past 150 years (Epp 1993).
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; question word initial; 5 prefixes; 2 suffixes; nontonal.
- Language Use
- Older adults only. Shifted to English [eng]. Many also use Standard German [deu].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 95%. Bible: 2003.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Plautdietsch
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Argentina
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
4,000 in Argentina (Salminen 2007).
- Location
- Santa Cruz department.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Bolivia
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
60,000 in Bolivia (Salminen 2007).
- Location
- Paraná state: Curitiaba, other scattered communities.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Brazil
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
8,000 in Brazil (Salminen 2007).
- Location
- Cayo and Orange Walk districts: inland.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Belize
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
9,360 in Belize (2014 UNSD).
- Location
- Heredia province: Sarapiqui area.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Costa Rica
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
2,000 in Costa Rica (Salminen 2007).
- Location
- Baden-Württemberg state: northwest; Hessen state: south of Frankfurt; Rheinland-Pfalz state: east of Saarbrucken.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Plautdietsch-Freunde is an association in Germany for documentation and promotion of Plautdietsch. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
90,000 in Germany (1996 R. Epp).
- Location
- Almaty region: beyond Tashkent, China border area.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Kazakhstan
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
39,000 in Kazakhstan (Leclerc 2017e).
- Location
- Campeche state: Chávez, Progreso, Yalnon; Chihuahua state: Buenos Aires, Capulín, Cuauhtemoc, Virginias; Durango state: Canatlán, Nuevo Ideal; Zacatecas state: La Batea, La Honda.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Mexico
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
55,000 in Mexico (2021 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
- Location
- Boquerón and Presidente Hayes departments: Filadelfia, Loma Plata, Menno Colony, and Neuland; Chaco region and east.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Paraguay
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
40,000 in Paraguay (Salminen 2007).
- Location
- California: Reedley; Kansas: Hillsboro; Oklahoma: Corn.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
12,000 in United States (2000).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Uruguay
Language Name
Plautdietsch
User Population
2,000 in Uruguay (Salminen 2007).
Map
Location: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan provinces.
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