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Missouri French (French: français du Missouri) or Illinois Country French (French: français du Pays des Illinois) also known as français vincennois, français Cahok, and nicknamed "Paw-Paw French" often by individuals outside the community but not exclusively, [3] is a variety of the French language spoken in the upper Mississippi River Valley in the Midwestern United States, particularly ...
French was the most commonly taught foreign language until the 1980s; a subsequent influx of Hispanic immigrants aided the growth of Spanish into the 21st century. According to the U.S. 2000 Census, French is the third most spoken language in the United States after English and Spanish, with 2,097,206 speakers, up from 1,930,404 in 1990.
In 1977, Gerald L. Gold visited the community to document how movement away from family and child labor in lead and baryte mining coincided with the loss of Missouri French as a maternal language. [50] He suggests that the 1970 census statistic of 196 native French speakers in Washington County underrepresented the true number of speakers.
The French language is spoken as a minority language in the United States.Roughly 1.18 million Americans over the age of five reported speaking the language at home in the federal 2020 American Community Survey, [1] making French the seventh most spoken language in the country behind English, Spanish (of which it is the second Romance language to be spoken after the latter), Chinese, Tagalog ...
Ethnic museums in Missouri (1 C, 2 P) A. African Americans in Missouri (2 C) African-American history of Missouri (15 C, 61 P) ... Statistics; Cookie statement;
Ste. Genevieve (French: Sainte-Geneviève [sɛ̃t ʒənvjɛv]) is a city in Ste. Genevieve Township and is the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. [5] The population was 4,999 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ]
Hannibal is a city along the Mississippi River in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,312, [6] making it the largest city in Marion County. The bulk of the city is in Marion County, with a tiny sliver in the south extending into Ralls County.
French-Canadian culture in Missouri (12 P) Pages in category "French-American culture in Missouri" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.