This site currently features examples of three groups of German-American linguistic varieties, Wisconsin German Dialects, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Texas German. If you click on the headings below, you can read short descriptions of these varieties and access the sound clips. If you want to access the sound clips directly, click on the links below.
Wisconsin German Dialects
Counties
Calumet
Dane
Dodge
Green
Manitowoc
Marathon
Ozaukee
Sauk
Sheboygan
Dialects
Darmstädterisch
Holsteinisch
Kölsch
Lëtzebuergesch
Oderbrüchisch
Ostfälisch
Pommersch
Swiss German
Wisconsin High German
Pennsylvania Dutch
Midwestern Amish (Nappanee, IN)
Pennsylvania Amish (Franklin County, PA)
Pennsylvania Mennonite (Lancaster County, PA)
Pennsylvania Non–Amish/Mennonite (Northumberland County, PA)