Dialect comparison

Belgian French vs Cajun French

Compare two dialects of French side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Belgian French

Français de Belgique

The French of Wallonia and Brussels. Maintains a number of vocabulary and number forms (septante, nonante) that the Paris standard has dropped.

Approximate centre
50.85°, 4.35°
Cajun French

Louisiana French · Français cadien

The French of the Cajun communities of southern Louisiana, descended from 18th-century Acadian settlers expelled from the Maritimes. Endangered, with active revitalisation through CODOFIL and the Louisiana French immersion programme.

Approximate centre
30.22°, -92.02°

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