Louisiana Creole

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Louisiana Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Louisiana, shaped by African, French, Spanish, and Native American influences and historically associated with the region’s Creole communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French-based creole language
creole language
natural language
associatedWithEthnicGroup African Americans in Louisiana
Cajuns
linked to: Cajun

Creoles of color
Louisiana Creoles
linked to: Creole of color
country United States
developedFrom contact between French and African languages in colonial Louisiana
developedInCentury 18th century
developedInContext French colonial Louisiana
plantation slavery in Louisiana
hasAlternativeName Kouri-Vini
LCF
Louisiana Creole French
linked to: Louisiana Creole
hasCulturalAssociation Creole cuisine
Creole identity in Louisiana
zydeco music
hasEstimatedSpeakers several thousand
hasGlottocode loui1242
hasInfluenceFrom English
French
Native American languages
Spanish
West African languages
hasISO6393Code lou
hasLinguasphereCode 51-AAC-cae
hasNeighborLanguage Cajun French
linked to: Cajun

English in Louisiana
hasRevitalizationEffort community language classes
online learning resources
standardized orthography projects
hasStatus severely endangered language
hasTypologicalFeature SVO word order
lack of grammatical gender agreement as in French
reduced inflectional morphology
use of preverbal tense-mood-aspect markers
historicallySpokenIn plantation regions of southern Louisiana
isDistinctFrom Cajun French
linked to: Louisiana French

Standard French
linked to: French
isEndangered true
languageFamily French-based creole
primaryLexifierLanguage French
region Louisiana
spokenIn California
Chicago
Louisiana
New Orleans
Texas
usedInDomain music
oral tradition
religious practice
storytelling
writingSystem Latin script

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Antillean Creole closelyRelatedTo Louisiana Creole
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau associatedWith New Orleans Creole community
linked to: Louisiana Creole
French influenced Louisiana Creole
French Americans relatedGroup Louisiana Creoles
subject linked to: French American
linked to: Louisiana Creole
Louisiana recognizedLanguage Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Creole hasAlternativeName Louisiana Creole French
linked to: Louisiana Creole
Célestine Musson hasCulturalBackground Louisiana Creole
Cloutierville, Louisiana languageHeritage Louisiana Creole
Creole of color languageTradition Louisiana Creole
Franco-Americans notableSubgroup Louisiana Creoles of French descent
linked to: Louisiana Creole
Who Dat Nation relatedTo Louisiana Creole culture
linked to: Louisiana Creole
Kouri-Vini alsoKnownAs Louisiana Creole
Kouri-Vini alsoKnownAs Louisiana Creole French
linked to: Louisiana Creole
French Creole includesLanguage Louisiana Creole
Odalie Misses Mass associatedWith Louisiana Creole culture
linked to: Louisiana Creole
Clifton Chenier languageOfPerformance French Louisiana Creole
linked to: Louisiana Creole
Clifton Chenier heritage Louisiana Creole