What Language do Cajuns Speak??

Question

If anyone is Cajun it would really help.

Answer 1

Unlike many of the other answers state, Cajun French is NOT a creole. Those who claim this are not linguists and do not actually know what a creole language is. Cajun French is a DIALECT of French, although some linguists would list it as a closely related language to French. It is NOT a creole.

EDIT: Dierdre H. does not know the definition of a creole language. A creole is NOT a mixed language. Cajun French is French with English loanwords (in many ways like English is Low German with French loanwords). A creole has a grammar that is UNLIKE the grammar of either the superstrate or substrate languages and develops out of a prior pidgin language. Cajun French is just French with an English overlay. That is NOT a creole.

Answer 2

The Cajun's speak a mixtue of French and English. This is technically a creole language as the word creole implies a mixture of two languages. So, the Cajuns speak Louisiana Creole French, or Cajun French.
The term Cajun refers to the Acadian heritage of the Louisiana Cajuns. When exiled from Canada, they settled in Louisiana.

--Dee

Answer 3

The Cajuns speak Creole which is a form of french. Cajun French derives primarily from a mixture of Arcadian French, Creole French, standard nineteenth-century French, and English. Some Cajun French words, however, are of African, American Indian, or Spanish origin. Although generally homogeneous, Cajun French varies slightly throughout Arcadian, with some areas possessing their own idioms and pronunciations. During the nineteenth century, most Cajuns spoke only Cajun French, which frequently irritated Anglo-American observers.

Answer 4

They speak Louisianian French or what Cajuns might call Cajun French.

Answer 5

Cajun French and English:

Cajun French is a variety or dialect of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana, particularly in Lafayette Parish, Evangeline Parish, St. Landry Parish, Iberia Parish, Vermilion Parish, St. Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, and Assumption Parish.

It is usually presumed that Cajun French is solely derived from Acadian French as it was spoken in the French colony of Acadia (now located in the Maritime provinces of Canada and in Maine), though the dialect also had influences from Quebec French, Haitian French and Haitian Creole, as well as European French. Cajun is a dialect of French, but differs from Parisian or Metropolitan French in some areas of pronunciation and vocabulary.

Answer 6

I have always heard the language itself called "Cajun," along with the people who speak it. It's a dialect of French, and arises from the combination of Native American, African, English, and French languages of the peoples were native to or who came to live in Louisiana in the 18th century. The word "Cajun" comes from "Acadian," which referred to the French Settlers who came to the area from Nova Scotia.

Answer 7

creole is what they speak. It is a mix of french and English. It developed in the area when America was being colonized. The people who settled the area were french so they spoke french at first then when the Louisiana purchase took place English moved in and the languages melded together so they could communicate and it formed the pigden called creole

Answer 8

A mixture of french, english and cajun words.

Answer 9

A version of french

Answer 10

French creole