Kouri-Vini

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Kouri-Vini is a French-based Creole language historically spoken in Louisiana, particularly among Creole communities of African, Native American, and European descent.

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Kouri-Vini canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Creole language
French-based creole
language
alsoKnownAs Kréyol La Lwizyàn
LCF
Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Creole
surface form: Louisiana Creole French
developedInCentury 18th century
developedInContext French colonial Louisiana
hasCommunityOrganization Creole language advocacy groups in Louisiana
hasCulturalDomain music
oral storytelling
religious practices
hasDigitalPresence online learning resources
hasEthnicGroup Creoles of African descent
Creoles of European descent
Creoles of Native American descent
Creole people
surface form: Louisiana Creoles
hasGlottocode loui1238
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom French
West African languages
hasISOCode lou
hasLanguageFamily French Creole
Romance-based creole
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts true
hasLexifierLanguage French
hasLinguasphereCode 51-AAC-cae
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate few thousand
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom French
Native American languages
West African languages
hasRegion Gulf Coast
Louisiana
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasStatus severely endangered language
hasTenseAspectMarkers preverbal particles
hasTypicalWordOrder SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isDistinctFrom Cajun
surface form: Cajun French

Metropolitan French
surface form: Standard French
isEndangered true
isSpokenIn Creole communities in Texas
Creole diaspora communities
Louisiana
New Orleans
rural parishes of southern Louisiana
subclassOf French-based creole language
usedIn Creole identity expression in Louisiana

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