The use of French and Creole in Louisiana has been in decline for decades. In 1960, around a million Louisianans spoke French. Today that number has fallen to an estimated 150,000, and just about ...

You had a language that was actually created in Louisiana that is on the verge of disappearing. “The language Kouri Vini, which is French Creole language, was very prevalent. As a matter of fact ...

He went on to explain that, though its original meaning referred to a more identifiable group of people, “anything originally French that’s developed in Louisiana ends up Creole. New Orleans ...

The Creole community emerged in Louisiana due to the blending of cultures there. French, Native American, Spanish, German and descendants of West African countries all cohabitated in the region during ...

With time, the Acadians in Louisiana became known as the Cajuns, which is where Cajun French comes from. And then there's Creole, a variety of restructured French created by enslaved Africans.

Creoles can be descendants of Louisiana-born slaves or free people of color who may also claim French, Spanish, African and Native-American roots. Creoles can be descendants of whites who left ...

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In the United States, the largest population of the Creoles resides in Louisiana. They share a mixture of French and Spanish origins and settled down in Louisiana for the first time between the ...

This past summer, volunteering at a Louisiana Creole language immersion camp, Henry Johnson heard a lullaby that stirred a memory. In the memory, he was 3 years old, gathered with cousins and ...

In relation to this, Catholicism has deep roots in the state of Louisiana. The first French and Spanish settlers of Louisiana were devout Catholics and, therefor, the state was under the Catholic ...