Texas German is a dialect of the German language that is spoken by descendants of German immigrants who founded the town of Fredericksburg, Texas in 1846. German immigrants began arriving over a period of two years, quickly raising the population of the town to over 1,000. These German Texans isolated themselves from other Texas settlers by refusing to learn English. This period of isolation came to a close, however, when the Gillespie County Fair moved to Fredericksburg in 1889. After 1900, the community began employing English teachers in public schools and use of this German dialect began to dwindle. German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... German Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry. ... Fredericksburg is a city located in Gillespie County, Texas. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... German Texans have historiclly played a significant role in Texas history. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry (R) Official languages None. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Kimble County Gillespie County Blanco County Gillespie County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The term public school has different meanings: In England and Wales, one of a small number of prestigious historic schools open to the public which normally charge fees and are financed by bodies other than the state, commonly as private charitable trusts; here the word public is used much as...

The dialect is near extinction, as it is now only spoken by a few elderly people. An endangered language is a language with so few surviving speakers that it is in danger of falling out of use. ...

See also

• Pennsylvania German, Plautdietsch and Hutterite German

Pennsylvania German, or Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsilfaani-Deitsch), is a High German language spoken by 150,000 to 250,000 people in North America. ... Plautdietsch, or Mennonite Low German, is a language spoken by the Mennonites, who are ethnically Dutch, but who adopted a East Low German dialect while they were refugees in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia (later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), beginning in the early-to-mid 1500s. ... Hutterite German (Hutterisch) is an Upper German dialect of the Austro-Bavarian variety of the German language, which is spoken by Hutterite communities in Canada and the United States. ...

External link

• Texas German Dialect Project