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
French of Louisiana	1
Louisiana French community	1
Louisiana Regional French	1
Plantation Society 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 ⓘ

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Input

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

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cajun French

White Creoles → languageAssociation → Louisiana French ⓘ

Cloutierville, Louisiana → languageHeritage → Louisiana French ⓘ