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The Sabine River Spanish-speaking communities have no terms to identify themselves as a group. Adaeseño, in reference to Los Adaes, has been used by Armistead and Dr. Comfort Pratt for the dialect spoken on the Louisiana side of the river. Stark (1980) uses "Zwolle-Ebarb Spanish", from the names of two towns in Louisiana where it's spoken.
Upon their arrival to Louisiana, much of the language of the communities was influenced by Louisiana French and perhaps Louisiana Creole. In St. Bernard, maritime contact with Cubans and other Spanish speakers, as well as the emigration of various groups from the Iberian Peninsula , left their marks on the dialect.
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Much of Spanish West Florida, though part of New Spain after about 1780, was actually inhabited by people of English descent, who disliked being under Spanish rule. [5] The city of Baton Rouge was a mainly Anglo area, but the settling of Spanish Town allowed the Spanish citizens a place for their culture and language to thrive. [5] [2] [3]
Louisiana Historical Quarterly. 29. Edward Larocque Tinker (1951), "Two-Gun Journalism in New Orleans" (PDF), Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, vol. 61; Raymond R. MacCurdy (1954). "Tentative Bibliography of the Spanish-Language Press in Louisiana, 1808-1871". The Americas. 10 (3). Academy of American Franciscan History: 307– 329.
American English, with significant variations, is the dominant language in New Orleans. French is less used today in daily life than in the past. However, Francophones are still present in New Orleans and continue to keep the language alive in the city although they are less present than in somes other part of southern Louisiana.
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Breaux Bridge – Crayfish Capital of the World [4] or Crawfish Capital of the World (In Louisiana vernacular, "Crawfish" would be the correct way to say it.) [5] [6] Des Allemands – Catfish Capital of the World [4] Dubach – Dogtrot Capital of the World [7] Gonzales – Jambalaya Capital of the World [4] [8] Gueydan – Duck Capital of ...