Hi there Alex...That's the website that Lotte had put through about the Pennsylvania Dutch. And yes, that is Amish. Can you read and understand their dialect? I can. Though some of the words are spelled differently than how I would write them or say them, I can still make them out and understand what they are saying. It's amazing. I actually want to visit the Amish now because of it. I would have much fun talking with them. Daniela Ivkovic Showley -----Original Message----- From: Alex Leeb <al4501@shaw.ca> To: Daniela <danielashowley@aol.com> Hi Daniela. Is this Amisch ? http://hiwwewiedriwwe.wordpress.com/ Alex. On 2014-05-15, at 12:34 PM, Daniela wrote: > The Amish are Germanic. They come from the Palatinate region which is a region in Southwestern Germany. I was amazed at how similiar their dialect is to the Schwowish I speak. I can understand them very well. But, I think if they have a link with the Donauschwaben it is a small link. The Amish today are still holding up their tradition, but I think their younger generations are looking for a change. By tradition, the Amish live more or less by what Mother Nature gives them. They shun technology and I believe their young generation wants that now. But there are big similarities between the Amish and Donauschwaben because both were agriculturally orientated and very hard working people. So from the standpoint that they have cultivated the land and worked very hard they are like the Donauschwaben. > > > Daniela Ivkovic Showley >