VIDEO: Multicultural New Orleans Language

New Orleans language is just one thing that is unique to the city's culture and lifestyle. This clip concentrates on this esoteric language and aptly displays a wide range of New Orleans lingo. The video also calls attention to the great dialect differences within the city. By listening to the language used in New Orleans, you can learn much about the culture. Also includes children's hand clapping game.

Taken from Yeah You Rite!
Produced and Directed by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker
Time: 3:58
early 1985

Video Player

TOP OF PAGE RELATED RESOURCES The National and Cultural Groups of New Orleans African American Oral Traditions in Louisiana Languages And Linguistic Research In Louisiana Still Laughing to Keep from Crying: Black Humor Bunny Matthews� Worldview: Race, Art, and Love for New Orleans Legends, Local Identity, and a New Orleans Cookbook Zora Neale Hurston on the River Road: Portrait of Algiers, New Orleans, and her Fieldwork Louisiana's Traditional Cultures: An Overview