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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Colonial French (commonly known as Colonial Louisiana French) is a variety of Louisiana French. It is associated with the Cajun French dialect and Louisiana Creole French, a related creole language.Formerly spoken widely in what is now the US state of Louisiana, it has since merged into Cajun French.Colonial French is conventionally described as the form of French spoken in Lower French Louisiana prior to the late arrival of Acadians after the Great Upheaval of the mid-18th century, which resulted in the birth of the Cajun dialect.The prestige dialect, still used by Creoles and Cajuns, is often identified as deriving from Colonial French, but some linguists differentiate between the two, referring to the latter as Plantation Society French.Historically spoken by the Louisiana Creole population in lower French Louisiana, Colonial French is generally considered to have been adopted by whites, blacks, and Cajuns. It is known among the educated that it has been relabeled \"Cajun French\" among Cajuns and CODOFIL. Most linguists consider it to have largely been relabeled Cajun French by Cajuns and whites, which is distinguishable from Louisiana Creole French.Following the Great Upheaval in the mid-18th century, when many Acadians relocated to French Louisiana, Colonial French was beginning to be assimilated by the Acadians or \"Cajuns\".Some scholars suggested that it has urvived as the prestige dialect spoken by Creoles, both white and of color, into the 21st century. There are populations of Creoles and Cajuns among other ethnic groups in the parishes of St. Martin, Avoyelles, Iberia, Pointe-Coupée, St. Charles, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Plaquemines, and other parishes south of Orleans, still speaking the prestige dialect.However, linguists have pointed out that the prestige dialect is distinct from the pre-Upheaval Colonial French, and is largely derived from the Standard French of the mid-19th century, Spanish, African languages, and Native Americans languages. As such, in 1998 linguist Michael Picone, of the University of Alabama, introduced the term \"Plantation Society French\" for the prestige dialect. There is a history of diglossia between Plantation Society French and Louisiana Creole French. Plantation Society French, at any rate, was quite close to the Standard French of the time of its origin, with some possible differences in pronunciation and vocabulary use.Unremarkably, it is still spoken by the Louisiana Indians, such as the Houmas, Avoyelles, Choctaw and other tribal remnants, all of whom were in pre-Acadian Louisiana and are still in contemporary Louisiana."@en }

• Colonial_French abstract "Colonial French (commonly known as Colonial Louisiana French) is a variety of Louisiana French. It is associated with the Cajun French dialect and Louisiana Creole French, a related creole language.Formerly spoken widely in what is now the US state of Louisiana, it has since merged into Cajun French.Colonial French is conventionally described as the form of French spoken in Lower French Louisiana prior to the late arrival of Acadians after the Great Upheaval of the mid-18th century, which resulted in the birth of the Cajun dialect.The prestige dialect, still used by Creoles and Cajuns, is often identified as deriving from Colonial French, but some linguists differentiate between the two, referring to the latter as Plantation Society French.Historically spoken by the Louisiana Creole population in lower French Louisiana, Colonial French is generally considered to have been adopted by whites, blacks, and Cajuns. It is known among the educated that it has been relabeled \"Cajun French\" among Cajuns and CODOFIL. Most linguists consider it to have largely been relabeled Cajun French by Cajuns and whites, which is distinguishable from Louisiana Creole French.Following the Great Upheaval in the mid-18th century, when many Acadians relocated to French Louisiana, Colonial French was beginning to be assimilated by the Acadians or \"Cajuns\".Some scholars suggested that it has urvived as the prestige dialect spoken by Creoles, both white and of color, into the 21st century. There are populations of Creoles and Cajuns among other ethnic groups in the parishes of St. Martin, Avoyelles, Iberia, Pointe-Coupée, St. Charles, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Plaquemines, and other parishes south of Orleans, still speaking the prestige dialect.However, linguists have pointed out that the prestige dialect is distinct from the pre-Upheaval Colonial French, and is largely derived from the Standard French of the mid-19th century, Spanish, African languages, and Native Americans languages. As such, in 1998 linguist Michael Picone, of the University of Alabama, introduced the term \"Plantation Society French\" for the prestige dialect. There is a history of diglossia between Plantation Society French and Louisiana Creole French. Plantation Society French, at any rate, was quite close to the Standard French of the time of its origin, with some possible differences in pronunciation and vocabulary use.Unremarkably, it is still spoken by the Louisiana Indians, such as the Houmas, Avoyelles, Choctaw and other tribal remnants, all of whom were in pre-Acadian Louisiana and are still in contemporary Louisiana.".