The Acadian Renaissance

[AcadieNow]

Without the Catholic Church, there would have been no Nationalistic Acadian Renaissance. they are really the ones that made all this possible, Starting with Abbé Bourg, the firt priest of Acadian Origin, not long after the deportation.

[suryavajra]

Do Acadians have a separate dialect of French from the Quebecois and from the French people in France?

[Acadianiste]

Yes. In Acadie, many of the old French words and expressions of the 18th century has survived while it practically dissapeared in quebec and France. Acadie has been isolated and had little contact with other francophones up to fairly recently.

Also, some words kind a got modified in the spelling and way of speaking them. Also, Acadiens mostly come from specific regions of rural France, which explains part of the vocabulary. English Native Americans (micmac) words were also incorporated.

[Acadianiste]

I might Add, that many acadians can speak different levels of French. they often speak formal french we they speak with outsiders like quebecers, in order to avoid being ridiculed. There is also a homogenizing pressure by the education system, the Acadian vocabulary is fading away, replaced by formal French and English.

However, there exists several Acadian dictionaries.

[AcadieNow]

Forsaken people no more, we surge forward.

[CadjinGisclair]

Oh, ma belle Acadie. J'vas te visiter un jour.