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Pennsylvania Rural Accents

Pennsylvania Rural Accents

We dig into a variety of Rural Pennsylvania accents, including the stronger Pennsylvania Dutch accents from the Susquehanna River Valley. You'll hear native speakers and teaching audio for both the heavier and lighter rural accents of PA.
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Pennsylvania Rural Accent Materials

  • The Pennsylvania Rural accent materials include recordings of Accent Help coach Jim Johnson guiding you through learning the stronger Pennsylvania Dutch accent as well as other rural Pennsylvania accents.
  • Jim gathered numerous recordings of native speakers while traveling in Pennsylvania - bringing the experience back to you in this download. You'll get transcripts of their conversations so that you can follow along as you listen.
  • You'll immediately get the audio and written materials, as well as a PDF "cheat sheet" for learning the accent
  • This stronger accent was used in the Harrison Ford film Witness, and it's commonly referred to as Penn Dutch and Pennsylvania German.
  • The Pennsylvania Dutch accent is influenced by other Pennsylvania accents to some degree. The primary influence was German immigration in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is spoken by the Amish of this region and in other parts of the country, and it's also spoken by others who live in this region of eastern Pennsylvania.  There are elements of this in Pittsburgh accents, and it certainly has a lot in common with German accents, too.
  • You'll get instant access to it all via your computer, tablet, or phone
  • You'll also get future updates for free!



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Pennsylvania Rural: Learning the Accent

  1. History & Social Context
  2. Sound Placement
  3. Intonation
  4. Helpful Hints
  5. Consonants
  6. Vowels
  7. Diphthongs
  8. Specific Pronunciations
  9. Practice Sentences
  10. Practice Monologue
    11. Each section goes into both Pennsylvania Dutch and more general Penn Rural accents.

Native Speakers Vol 1: Penn Dutch

  1. Rough and Ready Male
  2. Leck Kill Sisters
  3. Klingerstown Male
  4. Red Cross Male
  5. Red Cross Female
  6. Dalmatia Male
  7. Mount Joy Male
  8. Leck Kill Male
  9. Herndon two Males
  10. Dornsife Female

Native Speakers Vol 2: Southern Pennsylvania

  1. Tamaqua Female
  2. Frackville Female
  3. Locustdale Female
  4. Atlas Male
  5. Shamokin Male
  6. Tremont Male
  7. Lykens Female
  8. Lewisburg Female
  9. Steelton Black Female
  10. Middletown Male
  11. Lampeter Female
  12. Salunga Male
  13. York Female
  14. Philipsburg Female
  15. Academia Female
  16. Thompsontown Female
  17. Allensville Female
  18. Huntingdon Male
  19. Huntingdon Female
  20. Saxton Female


Most of these Native Speaker recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background. A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along. In addition to a conversation, most speakers also read a list of words and The Rainbow Passage.

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