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Louisiana French ((フランス語:français de la Louisiane), Louisiana Creole: ''françé la lwizyàn'') refers to the group of French dialects spoken in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and formerly elsewhere in colonial Lower Louisiana. It comprises several distinct varieties. Figures from the United States Census report that roughly 3.5% of Louisianans over the age of 5 reported speaking French or a French-based creole in their homes.〔http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/acs/TablesAFig5.xls For 1990 figures, see http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/census/table4.txt〕 The most widely spoken form of Louisiana French is Colonial French, also known as Louisiana French-Choctaw of the Louisiana Creole people. It developed before the arrival of Acadian migrants during the Great Upheaval of the 18th century. Additionally, Louisiana Creole French is a related creole language.〔(Cane River Valley French – Languages and Labels ) – Tulane University〕 Speakers of Louisiana French are not only the French Creoles but also the Chitimacha, Houma, Biloxi, Tunica, Choctaw, White, Cajun, Acadian, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Syrian, Lebanese, Irish and others. Individuals and groups of individuals, through innovation, adaptation and contact, continually enrich the French language spoken in Louisiana, seasoning it with linguistic features sometimes only found in Louisiana.〔Carl A. Brasseaux, French, Cajun, Creole, Houma: A Primer on Francophone Louisiana. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2005. Alcée Fortier. Louisiana Studies: Literature, Customs and Dialects, History and Education. New Orleans: Tulane University, 1894.〕〔Thomas A. Klingler, Michael Picone and Albert Valdman. “The Lexicon of Louisiana French.” French and Creole in Louisiana. Albert Valdman, ed. Springer, 1997. 145-170.〕〔Christophe Landry. "Francophone Louisiana: more than Cajun." Louisiana Cultural Vistas 21(2), Summer 2010: 50-55.〕〔Alcée Fortier. Louisiana Studies: Literature, Customs and Dialects, History and Education. New Orleans: Tulane University, 1894.〕〔Thomas A. Klingler. “Language labels and language use among Cajuns and Creoles in Louisiana.” Ed. T. Sanchez and U. Horesh. Working papers in linguistics, 9(2), 2003. 77–90.〕 ==Louisiana French today== As of 2011, there are an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 people in Louisiana who speak French. In comparison, there were an estimated one million native French speakers in Louisiana circa 1968. This dialect is now at risk of extinction as children are no longer taught the language formally in schools. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louisiana French」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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