Preface
Nathalie Dajko and Shana Walton
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Connie Eble
Indigenous languages
The Chitimacha language: a history
Daniel W. Hieber
Kowassaaton Ilhaalos: let us hear Koasati
Linda Langley and Bertney Langley
The maintenance of Koasati
Geoffrey Kimball
The Tunica language
Patricia Anderson and Judith m. Maxwell
Ishak words: language renewal prospects for a historical Gulf Coast tribe
Jeffery U. Darensbourg and david Kaufman
French in Louisiana
History and variation in louisiana french
Nathalie Dajko
The louisiana Creole language today
Thomas A. Klingler
The future of french in Louisiana
Tamara lindner
The institutionalization of French in Louisiana: history, successes, and challenges for the future
Albert Camp
French education in New Orleans
Robin White
English in Louisiana
Cajun English: a linguistic and cultural profile
Katie Carmichael
Do you know what it means? New Orleans English
Christina Schoux Casey
The linguistic survey of North Louisiana: history and progress
Lisa Abney
New populations
Spanish in Louisiana: a story of unplanned language revival
Rafael Orozco and Dorian Dorado
Vietnamese in Louisiana
Allison Truitt
Diverse linguistic communities and English fluency in New Orleans
Shane Lief
About the contributors
Index.