Louisiana Creole language
Louisiana Creole (ISO 639-3 code lou) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in United States. It has about 7,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as severely endangered.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | lou |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | loui1240 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | North America |
| Countries | United States |
| Speakers (estimate) | 7,000 |
| Endangerment | Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- English1,500,000,000 speakers
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- French310,000,000 speakers
- Piemontese2,000,000 speakers
- Eastern Yiddish1,200,000 speakers
- Ladino400,000 speakers
- Pennsylvania German98,700 speakers
- Sea Island Creole English300 speakers
- Hindi610,000,000 speakers
- Bengali273,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- Russian255,000,000 speakers
More about Louisiana Creole
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.