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  2. List of Louisiana Creoles - Wikipedia

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    He is a recognized, and one of the few remaining, speakers of Louisiana Creole French, having been immersed in childhood in the dialect spoken in Pointe Coupee Parish. [90] Toi Derricotte (born 1941) – poet and professor of writing at the University of Pittsburgh; Edouard Dessommes (1845–1908) – French language writer

  3. French Louisianians - Wikipedia

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    Creoles of color were wealthy businessmen, entrepreneurs, clothiers, real estate developers, doctors, and other respected professions; they owned estates and properties in French Louisiana. [36] Aristocratic Creoles of Color were very wealthy, such as Aristide Mary who owned more than $1,500,000 of property in the State of Louisiana .

  4. Louisiana Creole - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana Creole is a French-based creole language spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, mostly in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [4] Also known as Kouri-Vini, [1] it is spoken today by people who may racially identify as white, black, mixed, and Native American, as well as Cajun and Creole.

  5. List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population

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    Responses "French" and "Cajun" are included. In 2010, statewide, out of a population 5 years and older of 4,152,122, some 179,750 people reported French as their home language, while 14,365 reported "Cajun". A further 4,465 who reported French Creole, which includes both Louisiana's Kouri-Vini and Haiti's Kreyòl, are not counted below.

  6. Louisiana French - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary of Louisiana French: As spoken in Cajun, Creole and American Indian communities. University Press of Mississippi. Cajun French Dictionary and Phrasebook by Clint Bruce and Jennifer Gipson ISBN 0-7818-0915-0. Hippocrene Books Inc. Tonnerre mes chiens! A glossary of Louisiana French figures of speech by Amanda LaFleur ISBN 0-9670838-9 ...

  7. Louisiana Creole people - Wikipedia

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    As Louisiana French and Louisiana Creole was the lingua franca of the prairies of southwest Louisiana, zydeco was initially sung only in Louisiana French or Creole. Later, Louisiana Creoles, such as the 20th-century Chénier brothers, Andrus Espree (Beau Jocque), Rosie Lédet and others began incorporating a more bluesy sound and added a new ...

  8. Acadiana - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the U.S. Civil War, Louisiana Creoles of color were a class of free people who either gained their freedom or were born into free families. The gens de couleur libres played an important role in the history of New Orleans and French Louisiana, both under French and Spanish occupation, and after the Louisiana Purchase by the United States.

  9. French-based creole languages - Wikipedia

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    It is also the most-spoken creole language in the world and is based largely on 17th-century French with influences from Portuguese, Spanish, English, Taíno, and West African languages. [4] It is an official language in Haiti. Louisiana Creole (Kréyol la Lwizyàn, [citation needed] locally called Kourí-Viní and Creole), the Louisiana creole ...

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