Cajun English

E741970

contact variety dialect of English ethnolect regional variety of American English

Cajun English is a distinctive regional variety of American English influenced by Cajun French and spoken primarily in southern Louisiana.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cajun English canonical	1
Rural Southern Louisiana English	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	contact variety ⓘ dialect of English ⓘ ethnolect ⓘ regional variety of American English ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Cajuns NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom	contact between English and Cajun French speakers ⓘ
emergedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Acadiana region of Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ rural communities in southern Louisiana ⓘ urban areas such as Lafayette and Baton Rouge ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Cajun American English NERFINISHED ⓘ Cajun Vernacular English NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Cajun French ⓘ French ⓘ Louisiana Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinct intonation contour often described as “sing-song” ⓘ merger of /ɪ/ and /iː/ in some environments for some speakers ⓘ monophthongization of /aɪ/ to [aː] ⓘ non-rhoticity in some speakers ⓘ reduction or loss of final consonant clusters in some words ⓘ stress patterns influenced by French prosody ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	occasional calques from French word order ⓘ use of double subjects in some constructions ⓘ variable use of auxiliary verbs influenced by French patterns ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo	Acadian exile from Canada ⓘ French colonial settlement in Louisiana ⓘ
influencedBy	Acadian French NERFINISHED ⓘ Cajun French NERFINISHED ⓘ General American English NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana French NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	Cajun French NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana Creole French NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch	Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch	West Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American English dialect continuum ⓘ
perceivedAs	marker of Cajun cultural identity ⓘ rural or working-class by some outsiders ⓘ
sharesFeaturesWith	New Orleans English NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern American English NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
spokenPrimarilyIn	southern Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	sociolinguistic research on language contact ⓘ studies of language shift from French to English in Louisiana ⓘ
underwentChange	shift toward General American English in younger speakers ⓘ
usedInDomain	everyday conversation ⓘ local media in southern Louisiana ⓘ music lyrics, especially Cajun and Zydeco genres ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English in Louisiana → hasDialect → Cajun English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rural Southern Louisiana English