Reading is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown. Reading is located in the southeastern part of the state and is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area, which had 420,152 residents in 2020.
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Pennsylvania Dutch language
Pennsylvania Dutch, sometimes referred to as Pennsylvania German, is a variation of Palatine German spoken by the Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Amish, Mennonites, Fancy Dutch, and other related groups in the United States and Canada. There are approximately 300,000 native speakers of Pennsylvania Dutch in the United States and Canada.
An example of Pennsylvania High German in Palatine Fraktur: ("...ππππ ππππ πππ πππππ, ππππ πππ πππ π―ππππππ πππππππ, πππ πππ π³ππππππππππ πππππ ππ ππππππ ππππππππππππππ."; "...first I must ask, that you excuse my German, for my Hochdeutsch sounds a bit Pennsylvanian.")
Pennsylvania Dutch writer Henry Harbaugh
Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1845
Pennsylvania Dutch arts history in Pennsylvania Dutch language