FRC ISO 639-3
French, Cajun
français cadien, français louisianais Autonym
A language of United States
- ISO 639
- frc
- Alternate Names
- Acadian, Cajan, Cajun, Louisiana French, cadien, français de la Louisiane, françé la lwizyàn
- Autonym
- français cadien, français louisianais
- Population
- 21,300 (2015 census), decreasing.
- Location:
- Louisiana: west of the Mississippi to Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, and Evangeline parishes; Texas: small border area west of Sabine river, east of Beaumont.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
- Dialects
- Marsh French, Prairie French, Big Woods French. Reportedly Cajun speakers can partially understand standard French [fra].
- Language Use
- Adults only. Most shifting to English [eng]. Used as L2 by Koasati [cku].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 60% in English [eng], 0% in French [fra]. Textbooks in Cajun, translations of some classics. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about French, Cajun
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Ancestors came from French Canada in the 18th century. Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Louisiana: west of the Mississippi to Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, and Evangeline parishes; Texas: small border area west of Sabine river, east of Beaumont.
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