Plautdietsch
Proper noun
Meaning
Plautdietsch
Synonym of Mennonite Low German
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Examples
Lower Barton is inhabited by Plautdietsch speaking Russian Mennonites, whereas Upper Barton Creek is mainly inhabited by Pennsylvania German speaking Mennonites from North America.
Plautdietsch is a large minority language spoken in Northern Mexico by the Mennonite communities, and is spoken by more than 200,000 people in Mexico.
Roughly 10,000 Plautdietsch -speaking Mennonites live in Belize, farming the land and living according to their religious beliefs.
These Mennonites speak Plautdietsch (a German dialect ) in everyday life, but use mostly Standard German for reading (the Bible) and writing.