The language that Bayou people speak.

[ReRight]

Y'all know where one can get a book on Creole as spoken by Louisianans in the Bayou?

[Rican Pecan]

I don't know if this will help but, Louisianans in the Bayou and the dialect of French they speak is predominately Cajun. Also, go to a University library (they have much more than public libraries), I'm pretty sure you'll be able to find at least one book.

[gdover]

I lived in the bayous years ago as a teacher...Justin Wilson...cook and cajun comedian wrote several books on Cajun language from a humorous angle...might check it out...give you a flavor of the regional dialect...

gdover

[pantalone]

So, I was once cooking a dinner for a girlfriend's birthday. One of the themed meals I looked at for dinner was cajun. I came across this site:

www.chefrick.com/html/cajunspeak.html (http://www.chefrick.com/html/cajunspeak.html)

Check out the gumbo.

Cajuns are the Louisiana desendants of the Acadians -French settlers in Nova Scotia. Cajun is very much a dialect of the French language.

Creole on the other hand, is what is often described as a contact language. Like Pidgin- English. Creole is the language that grew up between white settlers, Africans, and the local indian tribes.

There is a guy at Tulane U that is doing his best to map the Creole and Cajun languages. Tom Klingler, he has several books that may be available at your local university.