The French language in Louisiana is becoming obsolete — a fate comparable to the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. A Cajun foreign language and bilingual expert spoke last week to students at Lehigh ...

When Janice Prejean was growing up, if she wanted to speak with her grandparents, she had to do it in French. To crack the code of the private conversations and jokes that flew over the heads of ...

JENNINGS, La. (AP) - Two Jefferson Davis Parish men’s dream of a radio station dedicated to providing a special place to the local French-language Cajun music is a reality with the launch of Cajun ...

There's a little radio station in south Louisiana. It's been on the air for nearly 70 years, doing everything it can to keep alive a dying language. That's Cajun French. On Saturday mornings, it ...

MAMOU, La. — It’s 9:30 a.m., and the drinking and dancing already are raging at Fred’s Lounge, a fais do-do of Cajun French music, waltzes and two-steps, with cans of Miller Lite the breakfast of ...

Channing Tatum featured in "Deadpool & Wolverine" as the character Gambit, here's how the actor perfected his Cajun accent.

Parlez vous Cajun? If you think you do, or if you wish you could, speak and understand the nuances of the Cajun dialect, you can check out what is going on at the Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Library ...

From an early age, Gordon Voisin of Houma understood there was something special about the language he heard his parents speaking inside their modest down-the-bayou home. It’s that language that ...

MAMOU, La. - It’s 9:30 a.m., and the drinking and dancing already are raging at Fred’s Lounge, a fais do-do of Cajun French music, waltzes and two-steps, with cans of Miller Lite the breakfast of ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR A Cajun radio station in South Louisiana has been broadcasting for 69 years. It's ...