 Protestants from New Knoxville speak a Low German dialect that is indistinguishable from the dialect from Ladbergen, Germany, where many of its residents derived.Citizens of Minster and Fort Loramie (and Maria Stein), although they live close to the town of New Knoxville, speak a Low German dialect with subtle but definite differences.Both dialects are derived from the northwestern German regions of Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Southern Oldenburg.