At one time in the Lehigh Valley, many people spoke the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. There were sections of the paper devoted to the dialect, and speakers gathered at Versommlings and Grundsau Lodsch ...
When Bart Nawijn decided to create an online Dutch course for people aiming to pass their integration exams, he remembered ...
The government has postponed the introduction of tougher language tests for people who want to become Dutch because of the ‘complexity’ of the plans. The coalition agreement includes a commitment to ...
The Amish population in North America nearly doubles every 20 years, according to a 2023 study by Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. This suggests the number of ...
Lillian Geisler, a native of Millersville, Pennsylvania, graduated in 1936 from Millersville State Teachers College where her father was the chef at the college’s dining hall. When she accepted a ...
Many people falsely assume Pennsylvania Dutch was historically spoken only by Old Order Amish and Mennonites, said Bradley K. Smith, archivist and associate director of the Berks History Center.
© ANP / David Rozing A better command of the Dutch language among migrants improves their chances of finding paid work. Nevertheless, relatively many migrants who ...