Cajuns ( Eng. Cajuns - cajens [1] ; self-name of the French. Cadiens - cadjan ) - a sub-ethnic group peculiar in culture and origin, represented mainly in the southern part of Louisiana , called Akadian (about 400 thousand), as well as in the surrounding districts of the southern Texas (about 100 thousand) and Mississippi (30 thousand). Khajun culture is called kajun or keygen [2] .
| Kajuns | |
|---|---|
| Modern self-name | fr. Cadiens |
| Abundance and area | |
| Total: 1.2 million people (2002) | |
 USA Louisiana 815 259 Texas 56,000 | |
| Tongue | Cajun French , Cajun English , American English , Standard French , French-Acadian , Louisiana Creole |
| Religion | predominantly catholicism |
| Related peoples | French , Franco-Canadians , Acadians , Louisiana Creoles , Franco-Haitians , Canadian Métis |
By origin, kajuna is one of the groups of the French Canadians , or rather the Acadians , deported by the British from Acadia in 1755 - 1763 [3] . The word cadjin itself (in English - cajun ) is a distorted Franco-Creole from Cadien < fr. Acadien ( literally “Acadian”).
Now, together with closely related French Creoles , this is the largest ethnic minority minority in Louisiana, accounting for about 4% of the state’s population, whose linguistic rights are partially officially recognized in the state. Most kajuns speak English , but retain a commitment to their culture, lifestyle and especially national cuisine. They also speak Cajun dialect of French, Cajun English, standard French.
History
The deportation of the Acadians led to the emergence of the Acadian diaspora in many regions of the world. In total, from 1755 to 1763, by order of the British governor Charles Lawrence , more than 10,000 residents of the former French territories ( Acadia and Nova Scotia ) were deported to Atlantic Canada . More than half of them died in the holds of ships transporting them to prisons of the British colonies in the territory of the present USA and even to the Falkland Islands . Some of them (over 3,000) moved to Louisiana , where they, Catholics, were welcomed by the Spanish administration and the large French and French-Creole population of New Orleans . Later, a special ethnographic group formed in rural Louisiana.
The purchase of Louisiana , which went to the United States after 1803 , led to a gradual increase in tension between the new English-speaking settlers and Roman-speaking kajuns, again subjected to intense discrimination. French was soon banned for use in education, and most Kajuns assimilated (see Kajun English ), preserving cultural autonomy.
See also
- Kajun cuisine
- US population
- Quebecers
- New france
Notes
- ↑ Pronunciation by Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, 2010. P. 98
- ↑ Cage
- ↑ Sokov I.A. History of the studied region of the countries of North America. Canada. Study guide . - Directmedia, 2014-05-20. - 781 s. - ISBN 9785445849254 .