Editing Cajuns (section)

===Language===
{{Main|Cajun French}}

Louisiana French is a [[Variety (linguistics)|variety]] or [[dialect]] of the French language spoken primarily in Louisiana. At one time as many as seven dialects were spread across the Cajun heartland.

While Cajuns are often said to speak "Cajun French," this term is increasingly seen as a misnomer because the dialect did not originate with the Acadians, and Acadian-descended people are not the only ones to speak it. Recent linguistic scholarship has also cast doubt on how much Acadian influence is present in Louisianian dialects today, and the influences that do exist are sometimes regional rather than widespread.<ref>{{cite book |last=Klingler |first=Thomas |title="How much Acadian is there in Cajun?" |date=2009 |publisher=Innsbruck University Press |location=Acadians and Cajuns}}</ref> For these reasons, the term "Louisiana French" is increasingly preferred.

Recent documentation has been made of [[Cajun English]], an often [[non-rhotic]] French-influenced dialect of English spoken by Cajuns, either as a second language, in the case of the older members of the community, or as a first language by younger Cajuns.