re: Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity.

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I was just talking to someone I work with how it makes me sad that cajun french is almost nonexistent now

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my wife's grandmother passed away two weeks ago and while at the wake i was sitting by her grandpa and was listening to him speak cajun french with his relatives. i'd love to learn it. one of his nephews was there, he lives in michigan, but he was in nova scotia when she passed. he drove all the way back to michigan and took a flight to be at the funeral. he was in NS tracking down his lineage and i asked him if they speak cajun french there and he said its not far off from cajun french. he traced his lineage back all the way to the 1200s. amazing stuff.