Part of a larger project on ethnolinguistic vitality and bilingual development, this study compares anglophones and francophones on their linguistic contacts in French and English, linguistic proficiency, vitality beliefs, ethnolinguistic identities, and social language use. The assimilation process is attributed to low schooling and…

Analyzes ethnolinguistic vitality of the French community in Louisiana in terms of its demographic, economic, political and cultural capitals. Results suggest that the present generation of youth of Cajun and French descent will not be able to transmit the French language to its children. (75 references) (Author/CK)