English in Louisiana

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English in Louisiana is the regionally distinctive variety of American English spoken in Louisiana, shaped by French, Creole, Spanish, and other cultural influences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf regional variety of American English
associatedWith Cajun culture
Creole culture
Gulf Coast culture
New Orleans culture
country United States of America
surface form: United States
hasDialect African American English in Louisiana
Cajun English
English in Louisiana self-linksurface differs
surface form: New Orleans English

Cajun English
surface form: Rural Southern Louisiana English

English
surface form: Yat English
hasFeature code-switching with French in some communities
distinct local vocabulary
influence of French intonation patterns
influence of French phonology
loanwords from French
loanwords from Louisiana Creole
loanwords from Spanish
non-rhoticity in some urban varieties
regionally distinctive pronunciation of consonants
regionally distinctive pronunciation of vowels
rhoticity in many Cajun English speakers
use of French-derived discourse markers
historicalInfluence Acadian resettlement in Louisiana
African diaspora in Louisiana
French colonial period in Louisiana
Spanish colonial period in Louisiana
influencedBy African American Vernacular English
Louisiana French
surface form: Cajun French

French language
Southern American English
surface form: Gulf Coast English

Louisiana Creole
Louisiana French
Southern American English
Spanish language
languageBranch Germanic languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch West Germanic languages
partOf American English
English language
region Southwestern Louisiana
surface form: Acadiana

Baton Rouge metropolitan area
New Orleans metropolitan area
Northwestern Louisiana
surface form: North Louisiana
spokenIn Louisiana
studiedIn dialectology
sociolinguistics
usedIn education in Louisiana
everyday communication in Louisiana
government in Louisiana
local media in Louisiana

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louisiana Creole hasNeighborLanguage English in Louisiana
Southern American English hasSubvariety English in Louisiana
this entity surface form: Southern Louisiana English
English in Louisiana hasDialect English in Louisiana self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New Orleans English