This video is about the differences between Louisiana French and Metropolitan French (French in Paris). Louisiana French developed from the first settlers in LA in the 15th or 16th centuries, and evolved over the centuries with influence from Native American languages, some Acadien French, and varieties of French that were spoken in France all the way up to the US Civil War. The Louisiana French variety has words and grammar constructs unique to it and even pronouns, and also shares a good deal with Quebec French. We cover some history, notes on its sounds, compare some vocabulary with Quebec and Metropolitan French, and review some features that make Louisiana French unique such as its pronoun system and vocabulary.

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At 1:35, I mention that *Plantation Society French is moribund or dead, NOT Louisiana French itself, a LAF speaker said this in the Quora source provided .
****Acadien French has only influenced LAF a little, the impact was not as great as many people outside Louisiana/tourists believe.
**ON EST is common in metropolitan French for “nous sommes” (we are).
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Question of the day:
If you speak any variety of French, what do you think of Louisiana French? Can you understand it well?
If you speak Louisiana French, how well can you understand other varieties of French?
How often and in what circumstances do you use Cajun or Louisiana French?
Can you name additional features that make Louisiana French unique?

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Sources:

https://www.quora.com/How-different-i...

LA French course:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Louisia...

Cajun grammar
https://www.lsu.edu/hss/french/underg...
https://www.lsu.edu/hss/french/underg...

What LAF is made up of
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.

French immigration to Louisiana up to the US Civil War
Brasseaux, Carl A. 1992. Acadian to Cajun: transformation of a people, 1803-1877. Jackson and London: University Press of Mississippi.

Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities By Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet