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Amish people speak Pennsylvania German, but they are not called Pennsylvania German.

Pennsylvania dutch are actually just any people of German descent who settled in Pennsylvania. When the Germans came to Pennsylvania, people thought they were saying "dutch" when they were actually saying "deutch" which means German.

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