The Sound of the Kouri-Vini / Louisiana Creole language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Sample Text)

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Welcome to my channel! This is Andy from I love languages. Let's learn different languages/dialects together.
This video was made for educational purposes only. Non profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All credits belong to the rightful owners. Language Preservation & Documentation.
Folks who lent their voices:
Michael Gisclair
Adrien Guillory-Chatman
Clif St. Laurent
Corey Ledet
Jonathan Mayers
Shawanda Marie Williams
Kouri-Vini | Louisiana Creole
Native to: United States
Region: Louisiana, southeastern Texas, Mississippi, California, Illinois
Number of Speakers: 7000-9000
Kouri-Vini, also known as Louisiana Creole, is the critically endangered Creole language native to Louisiana. It formed among enslaved communities during the French colonial period in the early 18th century. In certain regions it became the lingua franca, spoken by enslaved and free peoples across racial lines.
This language was spoken along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. However, the number of speakers decreased significantly by the end of the 20th century. By the middle of the century, the number of speakers were concentrated in southern Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well as within Louisiana Creole diasporic communities in southeastern Texas, California, and Illinois.
Kouri-Vini is experiencing revitalization initiated by members of the Louisiana Creole community, some of whom began their work almost twenty years ago. Currently, there are more heritage language (re)learners studying Kouri-Vini than before World War I.
Louisiana civil parishes in which Kouri-Vini, also known as Louisiana Creole, is still found but are not limited to include Iberia, Lafayette, Lafourche, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupée, St. James, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and St. Tammany.
LINKS:
www.mylhcv.com/languages/2/
www.learnlouisianacreole.com/
g.co/woolaroo
/ kourivini
app.memrise.com/course/104698...
www.louisianacreoledictionary....
bit.ly/Mythologies (PDF)
If you are interested to see your native language/dialect to be featured here. Submit your recordings to crystalsky0124@gmail.com. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Пікірлер: 99

@thewitchpolyglot6625 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine a world if USA never got rid of minority languages

@feralopossum 3 жыл бұрын

Mèsi bokou, Andy! We're so glad to have had this opportunity. Wishing you much happiness!

@Louisianish 3 жыл бұрын

Jolimen bon djòb a tou kèkènn ki té endan potré-çila! Mo fyè mo té ka kontribyé 2 ti fraz! And once again, Andy, incredible job! Byin mèsi. 💚

@ZuPM 2 жыл бұрын

I speak Mauritian Creole, it seems we can talk to each other ;) In fact, you can also talk to people in Reunion Island Creole, Rodrigues Island Creole and Seychelles Creole

@fredericjanelle 2 жыл бұрын

Je suis québécois et je comprends la majeure partie de ce qui est dit. Continuez le bon travail pour garder le créole de Louisiane vivant!

@georgesveg8067 3 жыл бұрын

As a French speaker I could understand 90% of it.

@cestpasbienca6526 3 жыл бұрын

tu serai pas Québécois ? parce que personnellement je comprend 70 pour cent a tout casser 😂😂

@MaestroSangurasu 3 жыл бұрын

@@cestpasbienca6526 au début de cette vidéo ça allait puis ça s est parti en couille mdr

@DoraEmon-xf8br 3 жыл бұрын

@@cestpasbienca6526 Idem, 70% en voyant large. Sur certaines phrases, je ne comprends qu’un mot.

@HughesC 3 жыл бұрын

@@cestpasbienca6526 je suis Québécois et je suis pas sûr que j'en comprends plus que toi

@mizek8680 3 жыл бұрын

Heu 50%max

@joadsonmatias2610 3 жыл бұрын

It's really amazing how many dialects and ways of speaking exist from languages of prestigious, ways of speaking never imagined no matter what's the language that they are based on. This channel is a real living linguistic lab!

@dalubwikaan161 3 жыл бұрын

This creole is beautiful and it make a big hold about its history. I would support this endangered creole and inform others that this exist. Wishing here for enthusiast to successfully revive this one.

@bartoszszczepaniak169 3 жыл бұрын

Make a petition to the State of Louisiana about the revival of this language.

@Louisianish 3 жыл бұрын

Trust me, we are working hard to revitalize it! Some of us create content in the language here on KZfaq and other platforms, we have a very active online community, and we’ve created resources for learning the language. Here are some of them: www.mylhcv.com/languages/2/

@ArthurFellipeRZX 3 жыл бұрын

As a Brazilian portuguese speaker, I can understand around 60%, Because the language is French-based, and French and Portuguese have the same origin

@eluemina2366 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's wonderful! 😃

@deadpool113 3 жыл бұрын

Louisiana is so culturally deep

@shawnpitre520 3 жыл бұрын

Gran mèsi vouzòt pou resours-la!

@ninpobudo3876 3 жыл бұрын

The Louisiana Creole language also have elements of Spanish

@PeculiarButtLover1993 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite languages..

@ijansk 3 жыл бұрын

As a native Spanish speaker I could understand a bunch of this language.

@deadpool113 2 жыл бұрын

Louisiana's cultural background is harmony of cajun, creole and deep south

@davidfryer9359 3 жыл бұрын

That was amazing. I could understand 100%

@Ahjaumoncynnaesuuard 3 жыл бұрын

I was searching for this while ago. Now, You uploaded the vid.

@andrejvidenovic2370 3 жыл бұрын

I really like your videos 😊

@myrajolivet3254 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like my late father and other older relatives of Louisiana. Some didn't speak English.

@jeauxmayo Жыл бұрын

Mèsi pou videyo-çila! Nou gin pou keep our language alive!

@loganandoreo4687 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a French Canadian trying to speak in a Southern accent lol 😂😂

@Louisianish 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found us entertaining...

@keptins 3 жыл бұрын

Or like an acadian with an ebonics accent ;)

@robertplant8776 3 жыл бұрын

Mo limn ça! Bon djob vouzòt, dèt fyær.

@kansai2kansas 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the orthography looks very similar to Haitian Kreyol. The spoken version is more easily understandable to me as a B2 speaker of French though. I wonder if Louisianan Creole would end up becoming more similar to Haitian Kreyol one day as it diverges further from European French.

@mahatmaniggandhi2898 3 жыл бұрын

i think many people fled from haiti to louisiana during 18th/19th century so i guess that's why

@stanleydouge2803 3 жыл бұрын

@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 that’s not why Haiti and Louisiana were connected back then people went from Louisiana to Haiti vice versa way before the revolution on my ancestry test I’m related to a lot if people from Louisiana

@adrienguillory-chatman2726 3 жыл бұрын

@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 Louisiana Creole was spoken in Louisiana before the Haitian Revolution.

@Louisianish 3 жыл бұрын

@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 As Adrien said, the first documentation we have of Louisiana Creole is from the 1740s. The first Haitians arrived in Louisiana (mainly New Orleans) in the early 1800s.

@lutuzi1139 3 жыл бұрын

cool Louisiana creole language sound so beautiful thanks for uploading and can you upload another language video please of a Afrikaans based creole language spoken in Namibia and south Africa name oorlam creole :)

@louplibre9734 3 жыл бұрын

As I french native speaker I could understand 50% of the words and understand 25% of the sentences meaning.

@maliekjcksn 2 жыл бұрын

I think that it's time of the world to see more comedic content in Kouri Vini on KZfaq.

@ff_crafter 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@amadeusmza 3 жыл бұрын

J'ai connu un gars qui parle créole de Louisiane et la première fois je n'ai rien compris lorsqu'il parlait, même quand ça est presque français pratiquement. Mdrrr.

@tonialbert333 3 жыл бұрын

It's so similar to Catalan, we also say Pok a Pok (poc à poc)

@Omouja 3 жыл бұрын

In portuguese we say pouco à pouco

@saddasish 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't the word for cold at 2:35 also the same as in Catalan?

@ryancrawford1214 3 жыл бұрын

Això és tan interessant. És veritat.

@ak5659 3 жыл бұрын

The same for some dialects of Ialian as well.

@robbadob9929 3 жыл бұрын

@@saddasish In Catalan it would be "fa fred" (said like fa fret), so the phrase is extremely similar And chaud/sho is related to "cald" except it isn't used today (heat = calor like castilian)

@hatdogchezdogg 3 жыл бұрын

A dying French creole ☹️☹️

@teknul89 3 жыл бұрын

That’s just one version there is many type of French creole languages

@saintseer9578 3 жыл бұрын

Mo linm vidyo-çila bon djòb toukékun

@charlyshay1013 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully done. Love the graphics. But the dialogue was way too fast for me to actually learn any of it.

@stanleydouge2803 3 жыл бұрын

We also call mosquitoes Mayengwen lol easy language lol 😂

@eagleeyegordon9368 3 жыл бұрын

Can someone answer this question for me. When you see a word that has jointed letters (i.e. poer) Do you have to say "par, pe" together or is one M and one F?

@bambilove1897 3 жыл бұрын

FINALLY!!!!!!

@Eyezpopmusic Жыл бұрын

I see u took that memerise course

@Layniacsofficial 2 жыл бұрын

I came here to try to read what Gambit is saying from the X-men. Maybe I’ll learn it and start reading his graphic novel easier lol

@SoyFifiRobotino Жыл бұрын

Es muy parecido al francés con un toque caribeño. Es comprensible en parte para quienes hablamos español.

@user-iu4se2ps7d 3 жыл бұрын

So it’s a mix of French and other stuff

@Drugov78 3 жыл бұрын

Just french, it’s like french creole from Martinique Guadeloupe etc...

@stanleydouge2803 3 жыл бұрын

@@Drugov78 it’s not just French creole languages have other languages within them not just the dominant languages

@teknul89 3 жыл бұрын

@@stanleydouge2803 true French mixed with Amerindian, Spanish and west African languages elements

@stanleydouge2803 3 жыл бұрын

@@teknul89 exactly our languages might sound like French but it’s not just French

@RECAMPAIRE 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like an Acadian speaking Haïtian

@jericho7320 3 жыл бұрын

Some simolar with french louisiana 😀

@deadpool113 3 жыл бұрын

So what's based on this language? French and?

@stanleydouge2803 3 жыл бұрын

Similar to Haitian Creole

@saintseer9578 3 жыл бұрын

Similar to Lucian Creole. Similar to Mauritius Creole. Similar to Dominica Creole. Similar to Trinidad Creole (yes at a point Trinidad spoke a French Creole). Similar to Réunion Creole. All due to being occupied by the same people. Mé ça pa ditou minm-la par ègzamp: Ayiti di “mwen” é no di “mo”. Alor parèy mé diféren, to komprenn?

@ashiaku9864 3 жыл бұрын

Finally

@user-lw6gs7wk1r 3 жыл бұрын

Its like france! I speak a little bit france

@user-ep8xo1od9o 3 жыл бұрын

Do many people speak it?

@xr2kid 3 жыл бұрын

Only 9000 most of them are old so dying out. I just starter learning no one in my family speaks it. Im trying to get everybody on board

@aldrenoarce1941 3 жыл бұрын

the spelling is easier than french spelling haha

@veritasardens6547 2 жыл бұрын

As a non-native speaker of French, I understand most of what is being said although I must admit that there are places where certain elements like verbs are missing in some sentences but I guess that that is just how the creole works.

@0megax788 3 жыл бұрын

C'est tellement bizarre mais intéressant d'entendre ca ouahh

@sonnymak6707 3 ай бұрын

Although this language have been attributed to the gens de couleurs. There were many whites who spoke it.

@soulaandefender 2 жыл бұрын

It's African American right I can learn it ?

@anishaikal3804 3 жыл бұрын

How many french creole are?. Answer in comments section

@ninpobudo3876 3 жыл бұрын

What?

@Bernd_Ernst 3 жыл бұрын

That language sounds like French.

@winstonchurchill2317 3 жыл бұрын

Im first!

@szid._. 3 жыл бұрын

Early

@rougot3441 3 жыл бұрын

Third

@edoardosalza 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard about this romance language.

@keptins 3 жыл бұрын

Are the speakers african american? The cadence sounds somewhat similar to that of Ebonics.

@ericthegreat7805 3 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of black people living in Louisiana so they may have the AAVE accent

@ericthegreat7805 3 жыл бұрын

Astè = Asteur in Quebec French

@Kolchak_Enjoyer 3 жыл бұрын

Im 900th

@b43xoit 3 жыл бұрын

Very strange way to spell French.

@ssall3879 3 жыл бұрын

In, dé, trò, kat, sink, sis, sèt, wit, *nerf, this*

@mahatmaniggandhi2898 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@Drugov78 3 жыл бұрын

It’s like French creole from french West Indies

@karolkowalski3424 3 жыл бұрын

Indo European :) Similar French

@internetexplorerchan2697 3 жыл бұрын

Every broken buffs or reworks.

@AllanLimosin 3 жыл бұрын

@Umbra Coven All Indo-European languages have similar numbers, even more if you see from ancestral languages

@AndreS-ei8lw 3 жыл бұрын

French but easier...

@therevelistmovement4683 3 жыл бұрын

Banjo speak.