[PAR] [TLE] Plautdietsch language [SEP] Plautdietsch or Mennonite Low German, was originally a Low Prussian dialect of East Low German, with Dutch influence, that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia.  The term "Plautdietsch" literally translates to 'Low German', "plaut" meaning 'flat' (referring to the plains of northern Germany), and the term "Dietsch" originally meaning "of the Tribe", and referring to all the continental West Germanic peoples and their languages (i.e. Low German, Dutch, High German).  In other Low German dialects, the word for Low German is usually realised as "Plattdütsch" or "Plattdütsk" , but the spelling "Plautdietsch" is used to refer specifically to the Vistula variant of the language. [PAR] [TLE] Russian Mennonite [SEP] The Russian Mennonites (German: "Russlandmennoniten" occasionally Ukrainian Mennonites) are a group of Mennonites of German language, tradition and ethnicity, who are descendants of German-Dutch Anabaptists who settled for about 250 years in West Prussia and established colonies in the south west of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) beginning in 1789.  Since the late 19th century, many of them have come to countries throughout the Western Hemisphere.  The rest were forcibly relocated, so that few of their descendants now live at the location of the original colonies.  Russian Mennonites are traditionally multilingual with Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German) as their first language and lingua franca.  The term "Russian Mennonite" refers to the country where they resided after the split from Germany and not to their ethnic heritage.  In 2014 there are several hundred thousand Russian Mennonites: about 200,000 in Germany, 100,000 in Mexico, 70,000 in Bolivia, 40,000 in Paraguay, 10,000 in Belize and tens of thousands in Canada and the US and a few thousand in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
[PAR] [TLE] Plautdietsch language [ SEP ] Plautdietsch or Mennonite Low German , was originally a Low Prussian dialect of East Low German , with Dutch influence , that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia . The term " Plautdietsch " literally translates to ' Low German ' , " plaut " meaning ' flat ' ( referring to the plains of northern Germany ) , and the term " Dietsch " originally meaning " of the Tribe " , and referring to all the continental West Germanic peoples and their languages ( i.e. Low German , Dutch , High German ) . In other Low German dialects , the word for Low German is usually realised as " Plattdütsch " or " Plattdütsk " , but the spelling " Plautdietsch " is used to refer specifically to the Vistula variant of the language . [PAR] [TLE] Russian Mennonite [ SEP ] The Russian Mennonites ( German : " Russlandmennoniten " occasionally Ukrainian Mennonites ) are a group of Mennonites of German language , tradition and ethnicity , who are descendants of German - Dutch Anabaptists who settled for about 250 years in West Prussia and established colonies in the south west of the Russian Empire ( present - day Ukraine ) beginning in 1789 . Since the late 19th century , many of them have come to countries throughout the Western Hemisphere . The rest were forcibly relocated , so that few of their descendants now live at the location of the original colonies . Russian Mennonites are traditionally multilingual with Plautdietsch ( Mennonite Low German ) as their first language and lingua franca . The term " Russian Mennonite " refers to the country where they resided after the split from Germany and not to their ethnic heritage . In 2014 there are several hundred thousand Russian Mennonites : about 200,000 in Germany , 100,000 in Mexico , 70,000 in Bolivia , 40,000 in Paraguay , 10,000 in Belize and tens of thousands in Canada and the US and a few thousand in Argentina , Uruguay and Brazil .
Mennonites are traditionally multilingual with which Low Prussian dialect of East Low German, with Dutch influence language was their first?
Mennonites are traditionally multilingual with which Low Prussian dialect of East Low German , with Dutch influence language was their first ?
Plautdietsch
Plautdietsch