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Book: The Five-Minute Linguist

Chapter: Did German almost become the language of the United States?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.20800

Blurb:

The so-called Mühlenberg legend holds that the offcial language of the United States of America was almost German. However, this chapter explains that is it not true, but the legend never seems to die out.

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