What Institute of Higher Ed in Louisiana is doing the best job of preserving Cajun French

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Institute of Higher Ed

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The shrimp boats based on my experience

Ask Yote, his family speaks it. It is sadly a dying language though. Lache pas la patate

They beat it out of the population about 100 years ago.

www.Le’bawcomvillespeaky.edu

Probably UL Lafayette. It was a thing when I went eons ago.

LINK

LSU offered Cajun French when I was there, I would be surprised if they didn’t still.

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my grandparents think Mexicans should speak English here

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they ain’t wrong Cher

I always remember my dad telling me about how they didn’t want kids speaking it in schools. And my great grandparents wouldn’t speak it around him so he wouldn’t learn it.

I’m not sure how active CODOFIL still is but here is a link to affiliated universities in Louisiana.

CODOFIL Link

My cousin down in Kaplan is fluent. His paternal Grandmother taught him. He's told many fond memories he has of spending time with his Grandmother. He's tried to get local programs funded down there, but you have to have a quorum of so many kids. He told me he actively campaigned for it, but he still fell short like just a couple kids to get the required number of people to sign up their kids for it . He hasnt given up, and He makes sure his little boy can speak it. Im all for it. Louisiana needs to support it at the state level, but it starts at the local community level. It's one of the cultural things that makes it unique.