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Will climate change wipe out French in Louisiana?
Podcast |
Subtitle
Publisher |
Quiet Juice
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Apr 13, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:27:21

For hundreds of years, people living in Louisiana's bayou country have spoken French. But rising sea levels are submerging entire communities, forcing people to abandon their homes. As native French speakers move away, will the language survive in this most French of American states? We hitch a ride to the bayou with linguist Nathalie Dajko.

Music in this episode by Alces Adams, View Points, Amos Noah, Earle Belo, Finn Danniell, Sture Zetterberg and Lindsey Abraham. Photo by Julia Kumari Drapkin. More photos and a transcript are 62956.medium.com/will-climate-change-wipe-out-french-in-louisiana-b60bdeee2649">here.

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