Louisiana French & Louisiana Creole (Kouri-Vini) Resources
Welcome to the growing digital clearinghouse for Louisiana’s distinct linguistic and cultural traditions. This comprehensive directory centralizes decades of educational materials, multimedia archives, and vital preservation projects created by the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) and our statewide partners.
Whether you are an educator, a researcher, or a heritage learner, this space connects you directly to our living regional languages. Explore classroom curricula, historical media collections, and language learning tools dedicated to both Louisiana French and Louisiana Creole (Kouri-Vini). From classic broadcast archives to modern language-nest resources, discover the tools helping to preserve and propel Louisiana’s rich Francophone and Creolophone heritages forward.
Gombo de Mots Flashcards
A deck of flashcards displaying words in Louisiana French and Creole, international French, and English.
French Table Guide
Created by Louisiana French specialist Amanda LaFleur, Le Guide des Tables provides the tools, topics, and training tips necessary to foster a vibrant speaking environment.
French for Business
Exel Louisiane’s professional French resources provide practical ways to increase your French-language capacities. By including bilingual signs and increasing your staff’s French skills, you can expand your business to Francophone clients and tourists.
Kouri-Vini 101
A video series about Kouri-Vini, the endangered Creole language of Louisiana.
Paroles de la Louisiane
A video series about Louisiana French for educators, students, and language enthusiasts.
Pouquoi? Comment?
Pourquoi? Comment? ( WHY? HOW?) is a series of interviews where Louisianians share their stories about learning French.
Recommended resources
Dictionary of Louisiana French
The "Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities" is the most comprehensive dictionary of the French language in Louisiana to date. It took a team of university linguists and Louisiana locals over a decade to create this dictionary which features example sentences, pronunciation guides, and multiple accepted spellings when there is more than one way to say or spell something.
Ti Liv Kréyol
The Ti Liv Kréyòl is a free resource you can access online. Created by a group of activists, this primer isn’t a complete textbook but it’s a step towards developing a full curriculum of Louisiana Creole language-learning materials for teachers, students, and independent learners. This second edition has simple lessons organized around themes like family, weather, or food and even includes audio files.
LPB En Français
Spanning 1980–1993, the En Français Collection features 223 episodes and 25 clips from Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s only entirely French series. Produced with CODOFIL during a local cultural renaissance, the show supported LPB's mission to preserve the regional language through French interviews, stories, and performances. Key themes include Acadian history, life in Acadiana, global Francophone ties, Cajun music pioneers, and original local theater, all centered on safeguarding the Cajun French dialect.
