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	Louisiana Creole -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Louisiana Creole, which is closely related to Haitian Creole, should not be confused with either Louisiana provincial standard French, spoken by the descendants of the French upper classes in and around New Orleans, nor with the language of the Cajuns; both of the latter are dialects of...
		Louisiana Creole, which is closely related to Haitian Creole, should not be confused with either Louisiana provincial standard French, spoken by the descendants of the French upper classes in and around New Orleans, nor with the language of the Cajuns; both of the latter are dialects…
		Examples are Gullah (derived from English) spoken in the Sea Islands of South Carolina, U.S., Haitian Creole (derived from French), Krio (derived from English) spoken in Sierra Leone, Louisiana Creole (derived from French), Melanesian Pidgin (derived from English), Sranantonga...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9049099

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:LOU
		What we now need is a careful comparison between Louisiana Creole and other French Caribbean creoles, detailing the similarities and differences' (D. Bickerton, Carrier Pidgin 1995.23.2:2).
		Different from Standard French, the Cajun French also spoken in Louisiana, Haitian Creole French, and others of the Caribbean.
		Investigation needed: intelligibility with French Caribbean Creoles, bilingual proficiency in English.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=LOU

	Cajun French at LSU
		Today, the French spoken in Louisiana no longer fits the “three type” paradigm but is better characterized as a continuum along which different speakers can be placed or even move among varying degrees of French which is more or less creolized or cajunized.
		Cajun French is the term generally used to describe the variety of French spoken in South Louisiana.
		It originates in the language spoken by the French and Acadian people who settled in Louisiana from its early period of European colonization in the 17th century through later waves of immigration into the late 19th century.
	www.artsci.lsu.edu /fai/Cajun/definition.html (916 words)

	Dictionary to Document Unique French Creole Dialect
		He was the official Creole-speaking representative from Louisiana on the trip, which was sponsored by CODOFIL (the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana), in order to strengthen the ties between the Francophone communities of Louisiana and the Francophone communities in Canada.
		He also said that the primary pronunciation influence of Creole comes from the French spoken by slaves brought to Louisiana from Haiti.
		As a result, the Creole spoken today is a mix of 17th century French and African tribal dialects.
	www.carencrohighschool.org /LA_Studies/B_Creole/Dictionary.htm (687 words)

	Decareaux House
		The Decareaux House, located in French Settlement, Louisiana, was built in the French Creole style in 1898.
		It was during this period that the majority of the houses, which were constructed in the old French Creole style, were replaced by more modernly fashioned homes.
		The house which was last owned privately in 1977, is now known as the Creole House Museum and is on long-term lease to the French Settlement Historical Society by the Village of French Settlement.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/louisiana/dec.htm (380 words)

	Creole -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Louisiana Creole, which is closely related to Haitian Creole, should not be confused with either Louisiana provincial standard French, spoken by the descendants of the French upper classes in and around New Orleans, nor with the language of the Cajuns; both of the latter are dialects of...
		Examples are Gullah (derived from English) spoken in the Sea Islands of South Carolina, U.S., Haitian Creole (derived from French), Krio (derived from English) spoken in Sierra Leone, Louisiana Creole (derived from French), Melanesian Pidgin (derived from English), Sranantonga...
		Probably 90 percent or more of Haitian Creole vocabulary is French in origin (the remainder is mostly of...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9027845?tocId=9027845 (789 words)

	Orbitz: Hotel Details
		Located just two blocks from world-famous Bourbon Street, yet in a more residential selection of the French Quarter, A Creole House offers the best of both worlds -- convenience and comfort.
		After a busy day of exploring the French Quarter and touring our beautiful city, return home to your cozy bedroom at A Creole House Hotel.
		Each room at A Creole house has its own individual character - some are decorated with period style furnishings, while others are furnished in a more contemporary style.
	www.orbitz.com /App/ViewSpecificHotelLP?masterId=74957 (789 words)

	Articles - Cajun
		CODOFIL (the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana) was established during the late 1960s and continues to teach a version of French somewhere between the older Cajun dialect and "Parisian" or "Metropolitan" French.
		Outside Louisiana the distinctions between Cajun and Louisiana Creole cuisine have been blurred.
		Over the years, many Cajuns have come to live in other parts of Louisiana, and in the "golden triangle" area of Texas (Orange, Beaumont, and Port Arthur) where they followed oil field jobs during the 1970s and 1980s, when the demand for petroleum related jobs declined, as major oil companies moved their businesses to Texas.
	www.quickize.com /articles/Cajun (3430 words)

	Cajun French: Creoles: Creole Language: French: Cajuns
		Creole is somewhat complicated by its greater distance from the French language.
		French was the language of everyday life and government in Louisiana into the 19th century.
		As their children were humiliated and punished in schools for speaking the language of their ancestors, Cajuns and black Creoles alike were convinced that the French dialects they spoke were cultural, social, political and economic liabilities.
	ccet.louisiana.edu /Cajun_French_and_Creole.html (3430 words)

	Haitian Creole -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Louisiana Creole, which is closely related to Haitian Creole, should not be confused with either Louisiana provincial standard French, spoken by the descendants of the French upper classes in and around New Orleans, nor with the language of the Cajuns; both of the latter are dialects of...
		Examples are Gullah (derived from English) spoken in the Sea Islands of South Carolina, U.S., Haitian Creole (derived from French), Krio (derived from English) spoken in Sierra Leone, Louisiana Creole (derived from French), Melanesian Pidgin (derived from English), Sranantonga...
		French-based creole language spoken on the island of Hispaniola, in the Caribbean Sea.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038824 (3430 words)

	Creole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louisianans who identify themselves as "Creole" are most commonly from historically Francophone communities with some ancestors who came to Louisiana either directly from France or via the French colonies in the Caribbean; those descended from the Acadians of French Canada are more likely to identify themselves as Cajun than Creole.
		In the Caribbean region the term creole is used to describe anyone, regardless of race or ethnicity, who was born and raised in the region.
		Creoles are categorized as a bridge in langage development between a pidgin and a language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Creole (1391 words)

	Louisiana Creole cuisine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louisiana Creole cuisine is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana (centered on the Greater New Orleans area) that blends French, Spanish, and American influences.
		It is vaguely similar to Cajun cuisine in ingredients (such as the holy trinity), but the important distinction is that Cajun cuisine arose from the more rustic, provincial French cooking adapted by the Acadians to Louisiana ingredients, and Creole cooking tends more toward classical European styles adapted to local foodstuffs.
		Popular Creole dishes include jambalaya, red beans and rice, crawfish bisque, shrimp Creole, turtle soup, Oysters Rockefeller, pompano en papilliote, oysters en brochette, bread pudding, begniets, etc.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louisiana_Creole_cuisine (1391 words)

	Introduction to Louisiana
		With her rich heritage of Creole, Cajun, and French, Louisiana life is spiced up with foods like gumbo, andouille, etouffees, sauce piquantes, cayenne pepper, Tabasco, and crawfish.
		The Creole State : This nickname refers to the people of Louisiana of French and Spanish descent and also to the culture they have preserved.
		When the French brought Mardi Gras to Louisiana, it was a simple carnival event, celebrated just before the beginning of Lent.
	www.netstate.com /states/intro/la_intro.htm (1391 words)

	Creole
		In this context the word refers to people of any race or mixture thereof who are descended from French or Spanish families in Louisiana before it became part of the USA in 1803, or to the culture and cuisine typical of these people.
		However, it is now accepted that Creole is a broad ethnic group of people of all races who share a French or Spanish background.
		Such groups often speak a creole language, a hybrid language containing elements of at least two languages.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/cr/creole.html (1391 words)

	Creole Links
		According to the Creole Heritage Center located in Natchitoches, Louisiana at Northwestern State University, Creoles are defined as individuals who are generally known as people of mixed French, African, Spanish, and Native American ancestry, most of whom reside in or have familial ties to Louisiana.
		Creole Cuisine -Creole cuisine was the creation of the French and Spanish settlers and their Black servants, and it is perhaps the best characterized by the sauces.
		In early 19th-century New Orleans, the term Creole was a way that these "born in the colony" cultural groups differentiated themselves from the many Americans who settled in the city after the Louisiana Purchase, and from the waves of German and other immigrants arriving in the area.
	www.joebee.com /html/creole.htm (1391 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:LOU
		Different from Standard French, the Cajun French also spoken in Louisiana, Haitian Creole French, and others of the Caribbean.
		What we now need is a careful comparison between Louisiana Creole and other French Caribbean creoles, detailing the similarities and differences' (D. Bickerton, Carrier Pidgin 1995.23.2:2).
		Investigation needed: intelligibility with French Caribbean Creoles, bilingual proficiency in English.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=LOU (237 words)

	Louisiana Creole cuisine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louisiana Creole cuisine is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana (centered on the Greater New Orleans area) that blends French, Spanish, and American influences.
		It is vaguely similar to Cajun cuisine in ingredients (such as the holy trinity), but the important distinction is that Cajun cuisine arose from the more rustic, provincial French cooking adapted by the Acadians to Louisiana ingredients, and Creole cooking tends more toward classical European styles adapted to local foodstuffs.
		Popular Creole dishes include jambalaya, red beans and rice, crawfish bisque, shrimp Creole, turtle soup, Oysters Rockefeller, pompano en papilliote, oysters en brochette, bread pudding, begniets, etc.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Creole_cuisine (223 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code: LOU
		What we now need is a careful comparison between Louisiana Creole and other French Caribbean creoles, detailing the similarities and differences' (D. Bickerton, Carrier Pidgin 1995.23.2:2).
		Different from Standard French, the Cajun French also spoken in Louisiana, Haitian Creole French, and others of the Caribbean.
		No slaves (and few if any of the slaveowners) appear to have come from the French Antilles...
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=LOU (223 words)

	Creole - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
		Louisianans who identify themselves as "Creole" are most commonly from historically Francophone communities with some ancestors who came to Louisiana either directly from France or via the French colonies in the Caribbean; those decended from the Acadians of French Canada are more likely to identify themselves as Cajun than Creole.
		In the Caribbean region the term creole is used to describe anyone, regardless of race or ethnicity, that was born and raised in the region.
		In this context the word refers to people of any race or mixture thereof who are descended from settlers in Louisiana before it became part of the USA in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase, or to the culture and cuisine typical of these people.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /creole.htm (789 words)

	Soul Of America - New Orleans: Creole Cuisine
		Technically, a Creole is a city resident who claims to be of French descent and speaks a mixture of French and English.
		Being country-based, Cajun cuisine is more earthy with an emphasis on larger portions and less on presentation compared to urban-based Creole cuisine.
		At this point its appropriate to explain that regional cuisine split into urban (Creole) and country (Cajun) and derivations.
	www.soulofamerica.com /cityfldr/orleans20.html (675 words)

	Cajun Recipes Louisiana Cajun Recipes Creole Recipes
		Cajun (the word is a corruption of the original French pronunciation of Acadian--A-ca-jan) Country today lies within a triangle whose base is the Louisiana coast and whose apex is near Alexandria in the central part of the state.
		The migration of the French Acadians to Louisiana was neither smooth nor immediate.
		Cajun cooking may be a first cousin to the Creole cuisine of New Orleans, but there is none other quite like it in the world for the imagination of its dishes or the artistic robustness of its seasoning.
	www.cajuncookingrecipes.com /cajun/cajun.htm (610 words)

	FrenchQuarter.com: Your Essential Guide to New Orleans' Oldest Neighborhood
		Neo-Creole cuisine is the specialty of the house.
		French doors open up to a romantic courtyard from the warmly lit dining room.
		This is an elegant, small French Quarter hotel with handsome decor, superior service, a traditional patio, swimming pool and award-winning cuisine at Hillery's on Toulouse.
	www.frenchquarter.com (610 words)

	French Creole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French Creole language which is a Creole based on French and African languages
		The people and culture in former French colonies such as Haiti, Louisiana, Martinique or Mauritius
		Descendants of European plantation owners in Trinidad and Tobago (or more generally as a synonym for "White").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Creole (113 words)

	Louisiana Creole Grammar
		Join the Louisiana Creole list to discuss this beautiful language a practice using it with others.
		Go here to see the complete conjugation of a Louisiana Creole verb.There should be no irregular verbs.
		Click here to learn about the Creole of Louisiana.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/LeCorde/cajun.html (113 words)

	The Mexico-Louisiana Creole Connection
		Contrary to the Louisiana definition of Creole as anyone born in the colony, historically Mexican Creoles were children or grandchildren of the Spaniards sent by the king of Spain to rule Mexico during its nearly three centuries as a Spanish colony.
		These Mexican-Louisiana Creoles are among many who were delighted to make contact with their original heritage and to discover that there are still people with their names and faces here.
		Vestiges of Louisiana Creole heritage remain, such as the cultivating of okra and use of it in gumbo,
	margaretmedia.com /mexico-creole/connection.htm (113 words)

	Louisiana Cajun French and Creole
		Louisiana Creole is relatively less creolized than the dialects from the West Indies, though it does have some typically creolized elements.
		Creole is somewhat complicated by its greater distance from the French language.
		South Louisiana is a dialectal region of the French-speaking world, but it would be a serious over-simplification to think of it as a homogenous region.
	www.cajunnetwork.com /ccfma/Ancelet4.htm (113 words)

	Verbix -- Creole. Conjugate verbs in 50+ languages
		French creoles also are used in French Guiana and, though dying out, in the U.S. state of Louisiana; Haitian immigrants also account for a large number of the French creole speakers in the United States.
		Some French-creole speakers claim that creoles from other far-off regions are easily intelligible to them.
		In Haiti, which was settled in the mid-17th century, there are some six million creole speakers, of whom only about 10 percent know French, and French creole is an official language, together with French.
	www.verbix.com /languages/creole.asp (473 words)

	creolenationallanguageofhaiti
		Creole is the most widely spoken and most developed of a large group of creole languages that are found today in all former French plantation colonies, including Louisiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana and islands in the Indian Ocean.
		Also, Creole has kept the original meaning of Popular French words whereas in France these words were replaced by words from Standard French, and some Popular French words changed their meaning.
		Most present-day Creole speakers are descendants of African slaves, and some people think that it is a language that mixes French vocabulary with grammar from African languages.
	www.indiana.edu /~creole/creolenatllangofhaiti.html (724 words)

	92.02.02: French Creoles in Louisiana: An American Tale
		A Creole is a n ‘white person descended from the French or Spanish settlers of Louisiana and the Gulf States and preserving their characteristic speech and culture.’.
		Most of the songs of the Creole show a definite influence of the Latin regime of the Spanish and French colonists of Louisiana, and are not dissimilar in origin from the spirituals of the Negro race, which form a part of what we know as American folk music.
		Creole life today will be mentioned as evidence of the Creoles’ tenacity and interest in holding on to their heritage.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1992/2/92.02.02.x.html (724 words)

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