More resources

Here are some more books and websites which we find very useful. We have chosen resources which should be easy to access. Check your local library for a copy of the books, if they don’t have them then you could ask them to order them for you.

Websites

The Kouri-Vini Louisiana Creole Language Fanpage on Facebook is the home of the language online. Come meet new friends, practice what you’ve learned, and study with us! https://www.facebook.com/Kourivini/

There is a digitized version of the Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, converted to the Kouri-Vini Orthography, available here. http://louisianacreoledictionary.com

Louisiana Historical and Cultural Vistas is Dr. Christophe Landry’s website for all things Louisiana - — including a web store, a lively blog and tons of information on history, culture and genealogy. http://www. mylhcv.com/

Alcée Fortier’s Louisiana Folk Tales: In French Dialect and English Translation are available online. Visit https://archive.org/details/ajs8769.0001.001.umich.edu or search for ‘Fortier Louisiana Folk Tales Archive.org’

The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online has a technical description of Louisiana Creole written by Professor Thomas A. Klingler and Professor Ingrid Neumann-Holzscuh, which includes references to more books and academic papers if you want even more to read. https://apics-online.info/surveys/53

Books

Klingler, Thomas A. If I Could Turn My Tongue like That: The Creole Language of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003.

Neumann, Ingrid. Le Créole de Breaux Bridge, Louisiane: Étude Morphosyntaxique, Textes, Vocabulaire. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, 1985.

Valdman, Albert, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, and Kevin J. Rottet. Dictionary of Louisiana Creole. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998.