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There was also a dialect of German spoken in Texas by the descendants of German immigrants. It had some divergences from anything spoken in Europe. It’s probably extinct by now, as the speakers largely switched to English around the time the US entered WW2. A decade or two ago, a university in Germany sent some linguists to interview the remaining speakers, the youngest of whom were in their 60s.
Very interesting!