If Louisiana Creole as a language is endangered, then Google may have a lifeline to toss its way. Google revealed last week that it is introducing a progressive web app, Woolaro, through its Google ...

BREAUX BRIDGE, La. — Corey Ledet, lead singer in Corey Ledet and His Zydeco Band, belts out lyrics to an old zydeco tune in Louisiana French while literally bending the accordion to his will and ...

A new conversation group at the West Baton Rouge Museum will give Louisiana Creole speakers the chance to speak in their native language and invite others to learn more about Louisiana Creole culture.

LAFAYETTE, La. (WAFB) - The unique language, music, and culture of Creole Louisiana is the focus of a museum in an area of Lafayette known as Freetown. Erica Fox is a musician and artist who helped ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - These days, it’s hard to come across someone who can speak Creole French, and that’s because it’s one of 10 endangered languages across the globe. To preserve endangered ...

The Louisiana Center for the Book marked Black History Month with a virtual program featuring historian Wendy A. Gaudin and her book Sunset Limited: An Autobiography of Creole. The recorded discussion ...

Corey Ledet wrote an album to help him learn Kouri-Vini. Growing up, the zydeco musician would hear the older members of his family speaking a Louisiana Creole dialect called Kouri-Vini while visiting ...

The use of French and Creole in Louisiana has been on the decline for decades, although a number of initiatives and organizations are attempting to slow the slide and preserve the state’s unique ...

Preface -- Nathalie Dajko and Shana Walton -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Connie Eble -- Indigenous languages -- The Chitimacha language: a history -- Daniel W. Hieber -- Kowassaaton Ilhaalos: ...

GRAND COTEAU, La. (KLFY) — The 4th Annual Creole Culture Day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4, at Town Hall Park in Grand Coteau. The event is free and open to the public, offering a day of cultural ...

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Louisiana’s habitual offender law has been in place since 2009. Often referred to as a “three strikes” rule, it’s a controversial law that allows judges to put people convicted of certain crimes in ...