Louisiana French

E85773
Romance language variety minority language in the United States regional language variety of French

Louisiana French is a variety of French historically spoken in Louisiana, shaped by colonial-era settlers and influenced by local cultures and languages.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Louisiana French canonical 16
Cajun French 10
Colonial Louisiana French 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language variety ⓘ
minority language in the United States ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
variety of French ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Acadian French ⓘ
Acadian French ⓘ
surface form: Canadian French
culturalAssociation Cajun culture ⓘ
Cajun music ⓘ
Louisiana Creole culture ⓘ
Zydeco music ⓘ
derivedFrom French ⓘ
developedFrom Colonial-era French dialects ⓘ
educationSupport immersion and heritage language programs in Louisiana ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Louisiana French ⓘ
surface form: French of Louisiana

Louisiana French ⓘ
surface form: Louisiana Regional French
hasDialect Cajun ⓘ
surface form: Cajun French

Louisiana French self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colonial Louisiana French

Creole-influenced varieties ⓘ
Louisiana French self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plantation Society French
hasOrganization CODOFIL ⓘ
historicalContext French colonial era in Louisiana ⓘ
Louisiana under French rule ⓘ
Louisiana under Spanish rule ⓘ
influencedBy Acadian French ⓘ
African languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
Native American languages ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
French ⓘ
surface form: Standard French
ISOCode frc ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages ⓘ
policyContext Louisiana state language preservation efforts ⓘ
recognizedBy Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: State of Louisiana
region Southwestern Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: Acadiana

Cajun Country ⓘ
spokenBy Cajun ⓘ
surface form: Cajuns

Creole of color ⓘ
surface form: Creoles of color

White Creoles ⓘ
spokenIn Louisiana ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
status endangered language ⓘ
heritage language ⓘ
subfamily Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ
Oïl languages ⓘ
usedFor music ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious practices ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

French → hasDialects → Louisiana French ⓘ
Louisiana → recognizedLanguage → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Louisiana Creole → isDistinctFrom → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Crowley, Louisiana, United States → languageCommunity → Louisiana French ⓘ
subject surface form: Crowley, Louisiana
Cajun → language → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Cajun → dialect → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Cajun → dialect → Louisiana French ⓘ
Louisiana French → hasDialect → Louisiana French self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial Louisiana French
Louisiana French → hasDialect → Louisiana French self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plantation Society French
Louisiana French → hasAlternativeName → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French of Louisiana
Louisiana French → hasAlternativeName → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Regional French
Acadian French → relatedTo → Louisiana French ⓘ
Grant Parish, Louisiana → hasMinorityLanguage → Louisiana French ⓘ
Franco-Americans → associatedLanguageVariety → Louisiana French ⓘ
Lafayette → languageSignificant → Louisiana French ⓘ
subject surface form: Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette → languageSignificant → Louisiana French ⓘ
subject surface form: Lafayette, Louisiana
this entity surface form: Cajun French
English in Louisiana → influencedBy → Louisiana French ⓘ
English in Louisiana → influencedBy → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Lafayette, Louisiana → languageCommunity → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana French community
Lake Charles → languageUsed → Louisiana French ⓘ
Baton Rouge metropolitan area → hasMinorityLanguage → Louisiana French ⓘ
Southwestern Louisiana → hasLanguage → Louisiana French ⓘ
Southwestern Louisiana → hasLanguage → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Bobinôt → language → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Natchitoches Parish → hasCommonLanguage → Louisiana French ⓘ
Cajun Country → languageUsed → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
Cajun Country → languageUsed → Louisiana French ⓘ
CODOFIL → languageFocus → Louisiana French ⓘ
CODOFIL → languageFocus → Louisiana French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cajun French
White Creoles → languageAssociation → Louisiana French ⓘ
Cloutierville, Louisiana → languageHeritage → Louisiana French ⓘ