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Sigma KEE - CajunFrenchLanguage
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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/)
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| Instances | ContentBearingPhysical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| | Entity | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| | FrenchGroupLanguage | Of the five OielLanguages, four of these are classified as a FrenchGroupLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | GalloIberianLanguage | Of the 32 WesternRomanceLanguages, 30 of these are classified as a GalloIberianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | GalloRhaetianLanguage | Of the 13 GalloRomanceLanguages, eight of these are classified as a GalloRhaetianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | GalloRomanceLanguage | Of the 30 GalloIberianLanguages, 13 of these are classified as a GalloRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | HumanLanguage | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| | IndoEuropeanLanguage | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | ItalicLanguage | An ItalicLanguage is any of 48 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | ItaloWesternRomanceLanguage | Of the 47 RomanceLanguages, 38 of these are classified as an ItaloWesternRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | Language | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| | LanguageFamily | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| | LinguisticExpression | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| | NaturalLanguage | The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. |
| | OielLanguage | Of the eight GalloRhaetianLanguages, five of these are classified as an OielLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | Physical | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
| | RomanceLanguage | Of the 48 ItalicLanguages, 47 of these are classified as a RomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | WesternRomanceLanguage | Of the 38 ItaloWesternRomanceLanguages, 32 of these are classified as a WesternRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
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