re: Kouri-Vini: The return of the US' lost language

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If they came from French or Spanish colonies prior to Louisiana being a US state, they were simply French or Spanish.

Cajun refers to a specific group of French Canadians who were oppressed by the British government, had their land stolen and escaped to the US with what they could carry with soldiers hunting them down as they fled.

Creole is a specific group of black, French speaking people, usually from island slave background.

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