Louisiana Creole
Kouri-Vini
Louisiana Creole is an Indo-European language spoken in United States, by about 10 thousand people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Louisiana Creole, also known by the endonym Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole: kouri-vini), among other names, is a French-based creole language spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, mostly in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Today it is spoken by people who may racially identify as Black, mixed, White and Native American, as well as Cajun and Creole, making it important to distinguish between the Louisiana Creole language and Louisiana Creole identity. Its sister language is Louisiana French, a dialect of the French language. Many Louisiana Creoles do not speak the Louisiana Creole language and may instead use French or English as everyday languages. Due to its rapidly shrinking number of speakers, Louisiana Creole is considered an endangered language.
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Words in Louisiana Creole
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| father | pè | |
| child | piti | |
| man | nonm | |
| woman | fam | |
| name | nom | |
| friend | zami | |
| bone | dézo | |
| water | dolo | |
| tree | narb | |
| dog | shin | |
| cat | sha | |
| fish | pwason | |
| bird | zwazo | |
| horse | shval | |
| snake | sèrpen | |
| one | un | |
| two | dé | |
| three | trò | |
| four | kat | |
| five | sink | |
| ten | dis | |
| hundred | sen | |
| I | mo | |
| you | to | |
| we | nou | |
| who | ki | |
| eat | manjé | |
| coffee | kafe | |
| orange | zoranj | |
| thank you | mèsi |
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Elsewhere
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