English in Louisiana

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English in Louisiana is the regionally distinctive variety of American English spoken in Louisiana, shaped by French, Creole, Spanish, and other cultural influences.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf regional variety of American English ⓘ
associatedWith Cajun culture ⓘ
Creole culture ⓘ
Gulf Coast culture ⓘ
New Orleans culture ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasDialect African American English in Louisiana ⓘ
Cajun English ⓘ
New Orleans English ⓘ
Rural Southern Louisiana English ⓘ
linked to: Cajun English

Yat English ⓘ
linked to: English
hasFeature code-switching with French in some communities ⓘ
distinct local vocabulary ⓘ
influence of French intonation patterns ⓘ
influence of French phonology ⓘ
loanwords from French ⓘ
loanwords from Louisiana Creole ⓘ
loanwords from Spanish ⓘ
non-rhoticity in some urban varieties ⓘ
regionally distinctive pronunciation of consonants ⓘ
regionally distinctive pronunciation of vowels ⓘ
rhoticity in many Cajun English speakers ⓘ
use of French-derived discourse markers ⓘ
historicalInfluence Acadian resettlement in Louisiana ⓘ
African diaspora in Louisiana ⓘ
French colonial period in Louisiana ⓘ
Spanish colonial period in Louisiana ⓘ
influencedBy African American Vernacular English ⓘ
Cajun French ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana French

French language ⓘ
Gulf Coast English ⓘ
Louisiana Creole ⓘ
Louisiana French ⓘ
Southern American English ⓘ
Spanish language ⓘ
languageBranch Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf American English ⓘ
English language ⓘ
region Acadiana ⓘ
Baton Rouge metropolitan area ⓘ
New Orleans metropolitan area ⓘ
North Louisiana ⓘ
spokenIn Louisiana ⓘ
studiedIn dialectology ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
usedIn education in Louisiana ⓘ
everyday communication in Louisiana ⓘ
government in Louisiana ⓘ
local media in Louisiana ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Louisiana Creole → hasNeighborLanguage → English in Louisiana ⓘ
Southern American English → hasSubvariety → Southern Louisiana English ⓘ
linked to: English in Louisiana
English in Louisiana → hasDialect → New Orleans English ⓘ
linked to: English in Louisiana
Cajun English → sharesFeaturesWith → New Orleans English ⓘ
linked to: English in Louisiana