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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:
http://www.mylhcv.com/languages/2/
http://www.learnlouisianacreole.com/
http://g.co/woolaroo
http://facebook.com/Kourivini/
https://app.memrise.com/course/1046984/kouri-vini-louisiana-creole-language/
http://www.louisianacreoledictionary.com/
http://bit.ly/Mythologies (PDF)

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