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Acadian French

Okay kiddo, do you know what French is? It's a language spoken in France. But did you know that there are people who speak a different kind of French? It's called Acadian French!

Acadian French is spoken by people who live in a region called Acadiana, which is located in the southern United States. Acadiana was actually settled by French people a long time ago, back in the 1700s. These French people were called Acadians, and they came from an area in Canada called Acadia.

Now, when the Acadians came to Louisiana (where Acadiana is located), they brought their own language with them, which was French. But over time, their French changed a little bit, and that's how Acadian French came to be.

So, Acadian French is a type of French that's spoken in Louisiana by people who are descended from the original French settlers that came from Canada. It has some differences from regular French, but it's still a beautiful language!