How much influence does Louisiana has from the French?

Question

Besides is it all of louisiana that is influenced with french? how many people speak french there with a dialect like creole? is there a lot of monuments dedicated to the French? any french streets? cities? anything would help thanks

Answer 1

Yes, there are cities and streets in Louisiana with French names, primarily in New Orleans and in the Acadiana area. No, people in Louisiana don't typically speak french or creole, however, a small portion of people in the acadiana area (in and around Lafayette) speak a version of French usually referred to as Cajun French. Both cajun and creole cooking techniques are partly influenced by French cooking techniques and the law of the State is based on French civil law which is different from the rest of the country where the law is based on British common law.

Answer 2

Unfortunately Cajun French is dying and almost disappear in Louisiana despite a very positive attitude now at the state level and an effort but state sponsored organizations like CODOFIL. Cajun does not exist as a language it is CAJUN FRENCH and it is almost identical to the French spoken in the province of New Brunswick Canada because most Acadians were deported to Louisiana to later come back. Cajun is a word coming from "Canadian" meaning French Canadian. 150 years ago more than 1million people could speak fluent french in Louisiana today no less than 40,000 can speak it fluently. Contrary to what another poster said if spoken by someone who is fluent Cajun French would be understood very well - but not perfectly - by a Parisian.

Answer 3

I would take a look at the state from this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lousiana#History and this one http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108219.html. I was reading what the other people wrote here and couldn't stop laughing. There is a huge French influence in Louisana (besides the name of the state coming from the name used my most French kings). All of the major cities have French names (like New Orleans, Shreveport, and Baton Rouge and a good number of Lousianans speak a French Creole language as well as many of them from their French roots are called Cajuns. No other state in the United States has as many street, roads, etc using French names. Good luck with your project!!!

Answer 4

Not as much as many people think. the northern part of louisiana has hardly any french influence. most of the people there seem to have drifted down from the other states. The southern half of the state is a mixture of many cultures, including, but not limited to, spanish, french, german, and italian. Teh french part of the culture is large in southern louisiana, true, and there are several telvision shows taht are done only in french. But often people from New orleans are referred to as cajuns, when in actuality, most of them are creole, which is not the same thing. Creole is (often) a mixture of the spanish and french traditions. there are scertain parts of the state where you can find many people who speak only french, but mmostly those are the older getnerationws. There are still many french speaking families, but almost all of them also speak english.
monuments? Hmm, not so many. America is not into statues the way europe is. A few french cities, and some sities have dedicated many of their streets to french by giving them french names. Hope this helps.
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Answer 5

they have the french quater in new orleans and the stlye of buildings are of french form we bought it from them when already they where well established they speak a french form of sorts and the food is a bastardized style of french , some streets have french names aand other cities and towns have french names there is a statute of lafyette somewhere

Answer 6

Sorry.. but the French had little influence on anythng in New Orleans.. The French language? ha! that is a joke. I speak French fluently and those people think that they speak French but I understand NOTHING of what they say.