As a french canadian, im happy that my long lost brother's are trying to keep the traditions alive like we do in the north. Long live to the French Americans minorities!

Salutations québécoises à nos cousins et cousines de Louisiane. 💓⚜️

French must be preserved and gain greater status in Louisiana. Everyone in school should be required to take French courses from kindergarten abd have to take some full immersion courses in middle and high school and there should be incentives to speak French at home and offer French only education. They owe it to us. It's our heritage. Our people. The English changed much of our historic liberal values. I'm only half French and not from Acadia... They came from France!

My momma didn't learn French though her daddy spoke it fluently in Lafayette and Lake Charles. I have taken it on myself to learn Cajun French and i just bought a fiddle at age 38 because i'm going to celebrate the culture

Vive la Louisiane!!

In Ireland, thanks to the Brits, we had "an bata scóir" ('the score stick'). Teachers used to hang sticks around the children's necks and they made a notch every time a child said something in Irish. At the end of the school day, the number of notches meant the number of whacks... d'un plus grand bâton.

Salutations d’un Franco Ontarien!

My grandmother was from there...I called my grandma "mamere," ...and my son calls my mom that.

Vive la langue française et vive le peuple Cajun !

C'est un miracle qu'il subsiste encore des francophones en Amérique du nord. Bravo à toutes ces personnes de faire vivre leur culture.

I'm a proud Cajun, raised in the heart of Cajun Country. Growing up, I heard French Cajun French spoken everyday by someone.. You could not go to a store a gas station a bar a doctor's or dentist office and not hear Cajun French... Those days aren't completely gone... but they almost disappeared entirely. History one's heritage nationality culture and upbringing... matter more and more as we age.. A rich vibrant culture... The Cajuns... of Southern Louisiana.

As an anglo from Texas who wants to learn French, this is wonderful! I had hoped that someone was working to preserve the beautiful French language in Louisiana. Also, glad to hear that you are preserving Cajun French!

Louisiane, pour toujours..❤

French ancestors from Canada or Louisiana should get a French passport because we have the same history

Bien le bonjour aux francophones du sud 🖐🖐 de vos frères du nord (Québec , Canada)

Viva a língua francesa! Um abraço do Brasil.

Louisiana was Spanish too. As a native Spanish speaker I can understand a lot French.

I'm back from a trip to Louisiana. What stroke me is how French language is absent from the public space. I was incidentally lucky enough to speak French with local people but I've never heard local people speaking French together. Even in Lafayette, you don't hear French on the street. I spoke in Vermillion village with a few animators, one who can speak French told me he happened to speak French with a local 2 weeks ago. I tried to use French in Breaux Bridge but they'd look embarassed so I never tried to use French anymore unless someone initiate the talking in French as it happened amazingly in Houma House plantation when the lady I asked a question showing my guide in French suddenly said : 'je suis cajun de la Louisiane'. Then she explained me the way to get somewhere. I can't really tell much about the situation of French language in Louisina but when I read the stats that says that in 1970 there were 1 million French speaking and now less than 150k, sadly I can't help thinking French language is dying in Louisiana. Espérons que non!

As an American of French descent, this is amazing. I always thought there should be a group effort amongst Cajun/Creole, French, and Quebecois. Also, to recognize we are all French and that the diversity is just an ingredient in the recipe. For the video, I would also keep in mind French people didn't stop immigrating with Arcadians. The French came well into the 1900's. Anyway, I'll make sure to send my support your way.

Force à vous nos frères Cajun 🔥🇫🇷💙

Born & bred in Forked Island,LA. about 15 miles from gulf of Mexico,,we spoke French before english, wasn't what they teach in schools now,,was the REAL CAJUN FRENCH..very different from what they tried to teach in school..I speak fluent cajun french,,unfortunately my kids never picked it up...only the cuss words!! My grandfather went to school but quit same day cause he couldn't understand english,,he never went back! And that was that for him,,he was a very talented carpenter, not knowing one word of english..those were what we call 'the good ole days' God bless y'all! 🙏

Cajun music, zydeco, is ultimately nothing but pure happiness. C'est pour moi une bonheur pouvoir apprécier cette culture et langue de très loin.

Salutation! From Québec, 🇨🇦 -J'espère que cette partie de l'histoire sera préservée! -Hopefully this part of history will be preserved!

Vive la francophonie!

Very interesting documentary! Documentaire très intéressant! Salutations de France!😀

I am not French nor do I know anyone of French heritage but I am a huge history major and I wrote a paper on the French and Indian War and once I learned of the expulsion of the Acadians and how modern day Louisiana would be a save heaven for many French men and women after the fall of the French monarchy And empire I always felt so bad for the French people who were stuck in the middle of war and well..Britain. But to learn that the French culture is still alive in Canada and America makes me really happy, from an American to my French readers I'm glad your our nations oldest ally 🇫🇷🇺🇸

Very interesting documentary. Unfortunately I did not meet any Louisiana-French speaking person when I visited Louisiana a long time ago. Many people and institutions of Louisiana are doing a great job in preserving and encouraging the French heritage. 👍🏻 Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭, another French speaking area of the world. Patrick

I love Louisiana history. It's good to learn about Cajun French culture even though I am Creole (African American living in Louisiana).

It's pretty sad what happened to Louisiana French. My grandma is a French Cajun from Lafayette and she had to stop speaking French when she was in school. I know a good bit of French but probably not enough.

Salutations du Québec. Greetings from Québec !

I was in Lafayette and surrounding areas a week ago and although I did not hear too much Cajun or Creole spoken but I also feel that those who do speak it won't unless *they know* you speak French. For example, Jacqueline who runs a restaurant in Beaux Bridge spoke French to some French-speaking tourists, as well as some tour guides at Vermilion. Many of the older folks I encountered could speak it and threw French words into their sentences to help describe things for me. Younger folks often learn it through music and may only speak English but dance to French (Cajun/Creole) music at bars and other concert spaces :) Some fluent speakers host "French Tables" around the area to help teach others and dedicate a space for speaking it. Although I got the impression many locals do not speak it regularly, it was impressive to see how much of the Cajun/Creole cultural ways (beside language) has been preserved well and how unique and different this region of our country is. As someone said to me "This is the only place in the country where playing the accordion makes you cool." And it's 100% true!

I’m a native of Louisiana, born in New Orleans. My paternal side of my family were from St, Martinville & since the late 1700’s. In the early 1700’s my grandmother’s were from Africa/New Orleans & my grandfather was from France.⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️ I love family history❤️

Salutations d'un français de France

J'étais dans la région de Lafayette il y a 2 ans et c'est vrai qu'on entend pas beaucoup parler français, sauf si les gens comprennent que vous êtes francophone. Alors, les langues se délient et c'est un vrai plaisir partagé de parler avec eux. Je suis encore en contact avec Jennifer du CODOFIL et avec Jesse Guidry de l'Office du Tourisme de Lafayette. Je les salue cordialement.

Bravo pour votre force à vouloir garder votre culture vive le peuple Cajun.

46:00 Dreaming in a foreign language shows that you really have a connection with the culture and the language. It also provides for more interesting dreams with a whole new cast of characters.

N’oubliez jamais que l’on parle d’une langue qui nous réuni. Pas d’un pays ou d’une ethnie. Les Américains actuellement sont très curieux et tolérants vis à vis des nouvelles langues. P.ex. L’espagnole au NM, TX et Ca. Avec la possibilité de les enseigner à l’école. Ici en Suisse il y a 4 langues nationales. On en parle au moins 2 (hormis l’anglais), et on en est très heureux. Merci pour ce reportage.

Chapeau bas à mes cousins de Louisiane ! Vous êtes un exemple !

As Bad As The Nazis Were In France The French Children Could Speak Their French Language In Their Schools. At That Time In Germany French Was The 2nd Language Taught In German School . Hitler Changed The 2nd Language Taught in German Schools To English. Many Of The German People and Soldiers At That Time In World War Two ( 2 ) Could Speak French As It was Taught As A 2nd Language In Germany. Americans Giving PUNISHMENT And SUSPENDING French Children From School Because They Spoke Their Mother Tongue Makes Americans In This SCENE Of The French Language WORST Than The Nazis Were In France...In WW2...BY THE WAY.. THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT HAVE A OFFICIAL LANGUAGE AT ALL. A Excellent Video.. Highly Recommended.. Thank You Very Much For Sharing..

To be upfront, I have a degree in Linguistics. Acadian French (mostly Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) and the subsequent Louisiana Cajun French IS an older French dialect originating from the Poitou region in the 1600's. There are different verbs, different grammar, different word choices, different pronunciations from Modern french. Consider these two sentences, which mean "I don't know." Je ne sais pas vs. Moi je connais pas. Both are perfect French, just a different dialect. In our dialect we roll our "R's". We don't make the distasteful "hairball" sound for the "R" that modern French speakers do. Kidding... :) I believe the two dialects, modern and old, have more in common than not and you'll hear different reports of how difficult or easy it is to understand each other. Acadian French remained virtually unchanged for the 150 years before the deportation, which started in 1755. I don't see myself as French anymore than an American would see themself as British. We have a distinct cultural identity. Just like the Acadians and their descendants do. BTW, I'm 2nd generation American, 11th generation Acadian - (depuis l'annee 1632, Pierre de Comeau). My dad speaks modern french because he was raised in Maine in an orphanage and taught by visiting nuns. But he also knows some of the older dialect that was spoken in his family. He passed a little on to me. I'm trying to regain the French, but I have no interest in learning modern french. I want to regain and preserve OUR dialect that distinctly marks us as Acadian. As far as teaching modern french in southwest Louisiana - Would you hire British English teachers to teach your American kids to speak English? They would come home speaking British English and have a British accent. Not the end of the world, but it's not who we are. There's pros and cons with the importation to southwest Louisiana of French teachers from France, Belgium, even Nigeria. I understand it's difficult to find qualified Cajun french teachers from Acadiana. If the kids in the immersion programs can't go home and speak with their me'me' et pe'pe' ( may-MAY and pay-PAY if you're from New Brunswick), what good is that? Nous sommes pas Francaise - Nous sommes Acadian! I'm aware that there's other groups of French speakers in Acadiana, but the descendants of the Acadian survivors should be speaking OUR old dialect. Vive L'Acadie! BTW, you REALLY should see all 3 short films by Director Phil Comeau covering Acadian history. The first and longest features Mr. Zachary Richard on a trip to visit his ancestral lands in Nouvelle Ecosse. The 2nd and 3rd involve the descendants of Acadian exiles on Belle Isle, France, who STILL see themselves as Acadian. These films are emotional and a MUST SEE for all the descendants of the Acadian exiles. Fierte' Acadienne.

It’s really sad that they took the language out of the schools and now you would have to learn it by taking a class for it.. I am a whole gumbo mixed with many things. My grandmother spoke French but she never taught us. And her mother also did -100% French. They were creole women of color but they their French sounded to me like they were straight from France. It’s weird. Anyway I’m trying to learn it. ♥️🇫🇷⚜️♥️🇫🇷⚜️

Écoutez la radio cajun française de Ville Platte, en Louisiane! classichits925.com/la-tasse?play_file=76374

Cajun lache pas... Formidable programme dans les ecoles

La Louisiane est un des Etats les plus pauvres d'Amérique. Elle aurait intérêt à développer son identité francophone pour sortir de son sous-développement. Il faudrait expliquer qu'apprendre le Français ouvre aussi des opportunités économiques vers l'étranger, notamment l'Afrique francophone et que connaitre le Français permet ensuite d'apprendre très très facilement l'Espagnol. Cette ressource est plus précieuse que le pétrole qui n'a de toute façon pas d'avenir ! Louisiana is one of the poorest states in America. It would be in its interest to develop its French-speaking identity to get out of its underdevelopment. It should be explained that learning French also opens up economic opportunities abroad, especially in French-speaking Africa, and that knowing French makes it very very easy to learn Spanish which is a very important language for America. After all, here in France, learning at least two foreign languages is mandatory, it is not such a terrible educational requirement, even if the results are not always great, I admit. This cultural resource is more precious than oil which has no future anyway!

Courage ! restez forts, unis, et continuez à préserver autant que faire se peut, vôtre langue, à travers les générations futures en rendant l’apprentissage dynamique, amusant et utile pour la vie et culture active

I am not French nor Cajun, am Puerto Rican, and looking what occured in Louisiana, in regard to language laws, I understand now why Puerto Rico has been resistance to statehood. We are a people proud of our heritage and history, which includes the Spanish language, and to be told that in some how that my native language is inferior to the mainstream would anger the whole populous. I think more should be done to not only preserve French but to expand it in the state of Loiuisiana, there should be charter schools that instruct in French. There should also be free public courses for adults to learn the language. Also there should be an emphasis on speaking French at home, and within the community. I know that Cajuns are proud of their celebrations, cuisine, and culture, that should include their language. More oppurtunities should be explored to expand that use of the language. My native language is Spanish, I was born and raised in Connecticut, and depite that, I still speak and read Spanish fluently. French has to be spoken at home for it to survive and thrive. If French is lost in Louisiana, then different perspective of the American experiment is lost.

My ancestors are Scotts and Irish, the Celtic language was hammered out of my ancestors, The music, the legends, customs and stories, the soul of my ancestors all lost to me and countless others. Don't loose your Language.

Power to beeing whom we are! La vérité est éternelle😎

Extrêmement touchant et émouvant ! Merci infiniment pour cette vidéo.

I am french and i am so admirative about your fight for your culture, big respect!

To anyone who lives in Louisiana. You can clean a lot about how to preserve and promote the use of French by watching videos about the ekastolas of Basque Country. One method is to speak to children by looking at them directly in the eyes and speaking to them in the target language. Their parents, if they don't speak the language might be spoken to in their most comfortable language but without looking at the children in the eyes unless it's the target language. In Israel, children were educated away and they taught their parents. Israel has championed in reviving Hebrew, literally from 0 native speakers and Quebec has championed teaching French to immigrants.

BRAVO LES COUSINS

The Canjun flag is an exploit in itself, like the National Acadian flag, which was also a "tour de force" to accomplish. the Acadian flag being from the lat 19th century, it is the oldest flag in continual use in all of Canada.

Salutations de France ❤️

I am excited to see this. My grandmother's parents were Accadians and I would love to able to get into some type of French Immersion programs but I live in Texas.

Préserver la langue Française Cajun

Learning French as I am moving to Louisiana ❤️

Salu! A San Diego, Californie, on support revivre la langue française en Louisiane!

Great video. Please use the subtitles as spoken.

The first time that I heard Zydeco music, I really felt the New Orleans culture.

documentaire intéressant et réjouissant..

my grandparents were from Germany, but spoke Cajun French.

Hi! I'm LPB's archivist. LPB & CODOFIL partnered in the 1980s to produce a French-language series called En Francais. You can stream episodes on LPB's archive here: ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/sublisting/LFRAN

VIVE LA LOUISIANE LIBRE !!!

Cody K Oui, Je suis descendu de Roger DeLisle. Il a écrit le Hymne nationale de la France. Les DeLisle ont habité dans l'etat du Texas. Je ne sais pas s'ils étaient cajun.

Il faut beaucoup lire en français pour bien apprendre.

Vive la Louisiane ! Vive la Liberté

Amazing when you realize that in Europe students learn four language at a start... English, French, German and their local language....we Americans would do ourselves a good deed to learn a few more languages....it would be very helpful....

Evangeline.... Like Agelina Jolie mother;.. she was a francophonic canadian and she died some years ago

My God I mess this so much my mom and popw spok French and I speak it to but I am 53 and I am the last my kids don't speak it 😢from LA 👣

Chanson A Boire III Que Bâville me semble aimable, Quand des magistrats le plus grand Permet que Bacchus à sa table Soit notre premier président ! Trois muses, en habit de ville, Y président à ses côtés : Et ses arrêts par Arbouville Sont à plein verre exécutés. Si Bourdaloue un peu sévère Nous dit, Craignez la volupté ; Escobar, lui dit-on, mon Père, Nous la permet pour la santé. Contre ce docteur authentique Si du jeûne il prend l’intérêt, Bacchus le déclare hérétique, Et janséniste, qui pis est. Nicolas Boileau. Mille six cent soixante-douze.

Decdended from the first Acadian Coast colony in Louisiana, aaiyeeee.

As a French Canadian, I like pancakes 🥞😋😀

Une culture époustouflante 💓

Would natives Americans' languages be encouraged too? Just asking, rumor has it Russian will be taught in Alaska to keep traditions. I love The United States. What a United Cultures.

I wish I could be in a codofil program 🤔

Unfortunately, the last place to learn a language is in a school setting. Believe me, I grew up in Quebec and attended English schools which failed to impart fluency in French. Languages must be learned at first orally (mother's knee, friends). Introducing the written form at the same time only confuses the brain.

Mon Grandprere est Vieux Francois d'Oriocourt , France en Grandmere est Acadiennes . Bonjour Mon Amis de Nouvelle Orleans .

We can help to translate LPB website in French. PLease

Continuez de râper la Lune pour en faire des étoiles. Un Calédonien à Paris.

The USA needs to have mandatory "foreign" language courses for at least 6 years during the first 12 years of school, Assuming American English is the norm and not allowing the grade, good or bad, to effect one's grade average until one is in secondary schoolings such as college or university. Many European countries do this, but they may make the mistake of having these courses effect one's grade average.

Bonjour! Chu en Québec!

Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸

My mama would be whipped in school for speaking French.. But at home my grand parents couldn't speak English... When I was a kid I asked my mama, why my aunts and uncles were Mexicans?! LOL!!

🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

Wait. How do they know in which language they're dreaming ? ^^' I'd never be able to tell you if I dream in French or in English (most of the time I don't even know which one I'm speaking)

Yes, preserve the old French, not replace it with modern French.

Americanization does not equal monoligualism, actually the opposite is true. E pluribus unum.

I was born and raised in Houma Louisiana. I only know one or two words of Cajun French. You never had any classes in my elementary school that taught us the Cajun French. So I'd like to know what schools or parishes this was in.

I do not see many people interested in learning French in Louisiana, other than culturally; really as a useful language in the USA;learn Spanish over French;probally Spanish will come in more handy .But if it is your culture the more languages you learn the better .

You can go for years without hearing french in louisiana

i was born in 68 .. why didnt yall teach me french ?? how can i learn now ?

Mesme si j'admire ces gens qui luttent pour préserver le Français, je doutent que leur entreprise puisse avoir du succès dans les États Unis.

Excellent reportage! Si le français louisianais vous intéresse, abonnez-vous à notre chaîne, la seule plateforme audiovisuelle en français louisianais. #LâchePas

Je vous donne merci .

19.47...who are these guys and does anyone know the song?

after Katrina many cajun and creole left Louisiana for good

Modern French, either from Paris and Quebec, are not Cajun French. Cajun French has Spanish, English, and Native American languages blended in with the French. It’s really it’s own thing, and once it’s gone it’s gone. So if you really want to preserve it, you should go to the nursing homes and get it while you can, because in about 10 years or less it’s going to be gone. We’re losing more and more native speakers every day! This aspect of Louisiana/Cajun culture needs to be preserved! But you can’t do that by looking to France or Canada. Spend time with your elderly! Not only will they appreciate the time spent, but they will be thrilled to learn their descendants care so much for the ways of their ancestors after all!

Bo misti pwesebi e langaji Fwanse Kajun et e Kweyol Lwishan.

Alors j'ai en gros rien compris, si c'était possible de traduire en français.