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Cajun French ((フランス語:français cadien/français cadjin)) (commonly called Louisiana Regional French, and related to but distinct from the historical Colonial, or Plantation Society, French)〔(Language Labels (French in Louisiana) ), Tulane University.〕 is a variety of the French language spoken primarily in Louisiana, specifically in the southern parishes. The Cajuns assimilated the Colonial Louisiana French Choctaw patois dialect, but many mistakenly label it Cajun French. Significant populations of Louisianians—descended from European, African, and Native American ancestors—continue to speak these varieties of French. Parishes where these dialects are still found include, but are not limited to, Acadia, Assumption, Avoyelles, Cameron, Iberia, Lafayette, Lafourche, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Pointe Coupée, Vermillion, and other parishes of southern Louisiana. Cajun French is derived from the original French spoken by French soldiers and settlers in Louisiana before the arrival of the Acadians. The language incorporates words of African, Spanish, Native American and English origin, unknown in Acadian French. Areas of the state that have almost no population of Acadian origin, such as the parishes of Avoyelles, Evangeline and St. Landry, speak a French that is to some degree mutually comprehensible with the French spoken in areas where the population is heavily of Acadian origin. The French of the Acadians and the French of the earlier colonial period of Louisiana - commonly known as Colonial Louisiana French - and later waves of colonists eventually merged and exist today in what may be considered a single language showing significant regional variation. However, because the French is of pre-Acadian origin and because it is spoken by many Creoles of color, white Creoles and American Indians, the broader and correct label Louisiana French is preferable. Some Creoles of color speak Louisiana Creole French, a distinct creole language that is a mixture of pre-Acadian colonial Louisiana French, Spanish, African languages, and Native American languages, namely Choctaw. Cajun French is not to be confused with Louisiana Creole. The number of speakers of Cajun French is probably around 200,000. The questions asked on the Louisiana census forms do not provide an accurate count of French-speakers in Louisiana. Since the early 1970s, the teaching of French has become much more widespread beginning in elementary and secondary schools and contact between Louisiana and the francophone world greatly increased. This has resulted in significant numbers of native French speakers in Louisiana adopting modern French vocabulary and grammar from France, Belgium or Canada while continuing to use Louisiana French vocabulary and expressions for local phenomena. Cajun French, or Colonial Louisiana French, should be considered a continuum with normalized French with Louisiana vocabulary and expressions at one end and creolized Louisiana French at the other. ==Parishes where it is known as Cajun French== (詳細は* Acadia * Evangeline * Iberia * Lafayette * Vermilion 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cajun French」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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