Louisiana

Languajes

Louisiana has a unique linguistic culture, owing to its French and Spanish heritage. n 2000, 3,771,003 Louisiana residents—90.8% of the population five years old and older (up from 89.9% in 1990)—spoke only English at home. Unique to Louisiana is a large enclave, west of New Orleans, where a variety of French called Acadian (Cajun) is the first language: 4.7% speak French at home (7% total speak French). Other minority languages are Spanish and German.