Instances | cajun french language | The CajunFrenchLanguage is a FrenchGroupLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: FRC. ISO 639-2: roa. Population: 1,000,000 (M. Harris in B. Comrie 1988.212). Region: Southern Louisiana west of the Mississippi as far north as Avoyelles, Evangeline, Allen, and Calcasieu parishes. Alternate names: FRANCAIS ACADIEN, ACADIAN, CAJUN, CAJAN, CADIEN. Dialects: MARSH FRENCH, PRAIRIE FRENCH, BIG WOODS FRENCH. Comments: Ancestors came from French Canada in the 18th century. It is reported that Cajun speakers can partially understand Standard French, but Cajun is difficult for some Standard French speakers. Different from the variety of 'Broken French' used by 8,000 African Americans, or the 'Napoleanic Era French' (located around Houma and north of Theriot on Hwy. 315, speaking an archaic French and English). Many are reported to have limited proficiency in English. Some use Cajun English. Most under 50 speak English as first language, Cajun as second. There are children actively speaking Cajun to friends and family. Textbooks on Cajun, translations of some classics. Dictionary. Grammar. Literacy rate in second language: 60% English, 0% French. Radio programs. Swamps. Fishermen, fur trappers. Christian.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| picard language | The PicardLanguage is aFrenchGroupLanguage of France. SIL code: PCD. ISO 639-2: roa. Population: No estimate available. Region: Most of the Region de Picardie (Amiens, Abbeville, Beauvais, St. Quentin), the Region Nord_Pas_de_Calais (Lille, Douai, Cambrai, Arras, Valenciennes, Boulogne sur Mer, Calais), except the Dunkerque District, and a little eastern zone (border with Picardie of the Region de Haute Normandie near Dieppe). Alternate names: ROUCHI, CHTIMI. Dialects: PONTHIEU, VIMEU, HAINAUT, ARTOIS, LILLOIS, BOULONNAIS, SANTERRE, CALAISIS, CAMBRESIS, VERMANDOIS, AMIENOIS. Comments: All dialects, including those in Belgium are inherently intelligible to speakers. French is spoken at school, in court, for administration, with outsiders. Home, family, friends, in local stores. The Belgian government recognizes Picard officially as an indigenous regional language. The European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages considers it as a language. Some reports used and edited by the French government consider it a separate language from French. No standardized writing system. Poetry. Also spoken in: Belgium. (Language name: PICARD.) Alternate names: ROUCHI, CHTIMI. Dialects: BELGIAN PICARD. Comments: All dialects, including those in France are inherently intelligible to speakers. French is spoken at school, in court, for administration, with outsiders. Home, family, friends, in local stores. The Belgian government recognizes Picard officially as an indigenous regional language. The European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages considers it as a language. Some reports used and edited by the French government consider it a separate language from French. No standardized writing system. Poetry.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |