French, Cajun Language

Cajun French (sometimes called Louisiana Regional French) is a variety or dialects of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana, specifically in the southern parishes of Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Jefferson, West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupée, Avoyelles, St. Mary, Iberia, Assumption, and St. Landry. While historically other Louisiana French dialects including Napoleonic French and Colonial or P... more

Cajun French (sometimes called Louisiana Regional French) is a variety or dialects of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana, specifically in the southern parishes of Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Jefferson, West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupée, Avoyelles, St. Mary, Iberia, Assumption, and St. Landry. While historically other Louisiana French dialects including Napoleonic French and Colonial or Plantation Society French have been spoken in the state, these are now considered to have largely merged with the original Cajun dialects. Cajun French is not the same as Louisiana Creole. Cajun French is almost solely derived from Acadian French as it was spoken in the French colony of Acadia (located in what is now the Maritime provinces of Canada and in Maine), however a significant amount of cultural vocabulary is derived from Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole.. Cajun differs from Metropolitan French in pronunciation,... less