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Louisiana was colonized by the French beginning in 1699, as well as Canadians who were forced out of Acadia around the mid-1700s.

(Efforts to revitalize French in Louisiana have placed emphasis on Cajun French, to the exclusion of Creole) This is likely due to the ease and availability of standardized French, as French still exhibits a large part of Louisiana's history and heritage and can be more easily taught because it is a standardized language, unlike Louisiana Creole.

Northwestern State University has developed the Creole Heritage Centre designed to bring people of Creole heritage together, as well as preserve Louisiana Creole through their Creole Language Documentation Project.

The progress of informal revitalization programs, like master-apprentice, also cannot be tracked using census data. The master-apprentice revitalization program involves a teacher, qualified simply by being able to speak the language, teaching a student who is willing to learn in a casual setting. Due to this program's informality, if there is growth of Louisiana Creole speakers it cannot be tracked, adding to the issue of speakers wrongly identifying themselves.