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2. List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population

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   French spread in Louisiana. Parishes marked in yellow are those where 4–10% of the 2015 population speak French or Cajun French at home, orange 10–15%, red 15–20%. The list of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population was created from the 2000 United States census . [ 1 ]

3. French language in the United States - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Council for the Development of French in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   A semi-retired attorney at the time, Domengeaux began his crusade for restoring French in Louisiana after Senator Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr., of Lafayette obtained passage of an "urge-and-request" resolution for Louisiana school boards to help reverse the decline of the use of the French language within the state. Domengeaux traveled around ...

5. Louisiana French - Wikipedia

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   By comparison, there were an estimated one million native French-speakers in Louisiana in about 1968. While French is now taught in schools, the local dialect is now at risk of extinction as children are no longer taught it. As of 2007, there were questions whether the Louisiana French language would survive into another generation. [26]

6. Talk : List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population

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7. French Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   Modern French Louisiana.. Greater New Orleans and the twenty-two parish cultural region known as Acadiana compose present-day 'French Louisiana'. [citation needed] Although the Louisiana French (Cajuns & Creoles) dominate south Louisiana's cultural landscape, the largest French-speaking group in the state is thought to be the United Houma Nation Native American tribe.

8. 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.

9. École Pointe-au-Chien - Wikipedia

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   Most students were Cajun and Native American and came from French-speaking households. [7] A lawsuit contesting the school closure prompted members of the Louisiana Legislature to consider authorizing a French immersion school. [7] The bill to do so, HB 261 (Act 454), [4] was filed by Tanner Magee, a Republican legislator from Houma. [8]