Pennsylvania

====Pennsylvania Dutch language====
{{Main|Pennsylvania Dutch language}}
[[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania German]], spoken by nearly one percent of Pennsylvania's population as of 2010, is often misleadingly called Pennsylvania Dutch. The term Dutch was used to mean German,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dutch&x=57&y=13 |title=Definition of "dutch" |publisher=Dictionary.reference.com |access-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423143301/http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dutch&x=57&y=13 |archive-date=April 23, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> including the [[Netherlands]], before the Latin name for them replaced it. When referring to the language spoken by the [[Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania Dutch people]], Pennsylvania German, it means [[German language|German]]". In fact, [[Germans]], in their own language, call themselves Deutsch, (Pennsylvania German: "Deitsch"). Pennsylvania Dutch is a descendant of German in the [[West Central German]] dialect family and is closest to [[Palatine German language|Palatine German]]. Pennsylvania German is still very vigorous as a first language among [[Amish|Old Order Amish]] and [[Old Order Mennonite]]s, principally in the [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]] and [[Berks County, Pennsylvania|Berks County]] areas; it is almost extinct as an everyday language outside the [[Plain people|plain communities]], though a few words have passed into English usage.