Taking lessons in a local and growing heritage language

There are many interesting and knowledgeable historians in this area, especially those in Waterloo, Perth, and Oxford counties. Article content

Fred Lichti, originally from East Zorra-Tavistock, interviewed about 40 local residents about Dietsch and whose videos are between 30-60 minutes in length. Article content

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Although each video is as unique as the life story of those being interviewed, most of those spoke about family life, school days, church, courtship/marriage, life on the farm, changes in agriculture and their use of Deitsch, over their lifetime.

In a recent and interesting interview, Fred tells us “that for about 125 years, a Palatine German language called Deitsch (also known as Pennsylvania Dutch or Pennsylvania German), was the first