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CAJUN FRENCH [1 record]

Record 1 1993-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

Language spoken by the descendants of French Canadians who settled in the bayou lands of southern Louisiana. It is a combination of archaic French forms with idioms taken from their English, Spanish, German, American Indian and black neighbours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue parlée par les descendants des Acadiens établis en Louisiane. Il s'agit d'un patois français enrichi de nombreux emprunts.

Spanish

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