La Veillée
A unique news magazine produced in partnership between LPB and Télé-Louisiane.
Vacherie: The Creole Language of the River Parishes
Louisiana’s French language does not exist in a vacuum, but instead has developed over time symbiotically with its sister tongue Louisiana Creole. After investigating the Bayou Teche and Pointe Coupée dialects of this cherished yet endangered tongue
in previous episodes of La Veillée, we visited this week with speakers of Louisiana Creole from Vacherie in St. James Parish about what makes their dialect unique and how the language was crafted by enslaved Louisiana across generations.