Duration: 8 weeks (one hour online per week)

Dates:

Beginner: Tuesday from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, from September 9th

Course Description

Kouri-Vini or Louisiana Creole, is the creole language that emerged in colonial Louisiana. This course is designed for anyone who has an interest in the language.

Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole) is one of the most fascinating pieces of Louisiana’s linguistic diversity. The language developed in the colonial era and bears influences from French, Native American and African languages, Spanish, and even English.

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Le kouri-vini (alias: le créole louisianais) est l’un des aspects les plus fascinants de la diversité linguistique de la Louisiane. La langue est née à l’époque coloniale et montre l’influence du français, des langues amériendiennes et africaines, de l’espagnol, et même de l’anglais. Le cours fournit aux apprenants une connaissance fondamentale de la grammaire et du lexique du kouri-vini. Ce cours est entièrement en ligne.

Colbet Le Jeune was raised in LeJeune Cove in rural Acadia Parish and is a Cajun and Creole French autodidact.  He is currently a Ph.D. student in Francophone Studies at ULL, as well as the host of Bonjour Louisiane on KRVS 88.7 FM and president of the Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society.  He studied linguistics and geology at Tulane University and later received a Masters in French from ULL.  His academic interests revolve around plant names, place names, and language in general, as well as traditional French Louisiana music, folklore, customs, and culture.  His free time is spent in those domains: visiting French tables, jams, and dances throughout Southwest Louisiana, as well as leading botany field trips and other activities.

The course is $160 for AF members, and $195 for nonmembers (membership will be included with purchase) for 8 courses of 1 hour.