Media
Video lessons, folk tales, external channels, and archival audio interviews in Louisiana Creole.
External channels
Featured lessons
Dictionary entries that appear in these lessons are linked to them at the right timestamp — search or browse the word, and the clip starts at the moment it's introduced. Videos are hosted locally so they stay available even if the original source is removed.
Emotions & States of Being
How to express emotions and states of being in Louisiana Creole — happy, sad, angry, sleepy, jealous, and more.
Source on YouTubeGreetings & Salutations
Opening phrases — bonjou, bon matin, bonsoir, komen ç’ap kouri — plus how to say goodbye.
Source on YouTubeFruits
Fruit vocabulary — dépom (apple), zoranj (orange), chadèk (grapefruit), rézin (grapes), plakmin (persimmon), and more.
Source on YouTubeAnimals & Insects
Animal and insect vocabulary in Louisiana Creole — papiyon (butterfly), moustik (mosquito), and more.
Source on YouTubePronunciation lessons
The Louisiana Creole Alphabet
Walk-through of each letter in the Louisiana Creole alphabet.
Vowels
The vowel system, including nasal vowels.
Nasal Sounds
How nasal vowels and consonants are pronounced.
Accent Marks & Diacritics
What the accents (é, è, ò, â…) mean and when to use them.
Counting in Louisiana Creole
Numbers from one through one hundred.
Vacherie Creole French — Fables
Traditional fables told in the Vacherie variety of Louisiana Creole.
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 1
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 2
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 3
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 4
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 5
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 6
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 7
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 8
Vacherie Creole French — Fable 9
Archival interviews — Klingler Collection
Audio interviews in Louisiana Creole from the collection of linguist Thomas A. Klingler (Tulane University).
Klingler Audio: Emily Major
Interview with Emily Major — recorded by Thomas A. Klingler.
Klingler Audio: Father Rodney
Interview with Father Rodney, in Louisiana Creole.
Klingler Audio: Mumford Colar
Interview with Mumford Colar, in Louisiana Creole.