   louisiana creole (krÃ©yol la lwizyÃ n; french: crÃ©ole louisianais) is a french-based creole language spoken by some of the creole people of the state of louisiana. the language largely consists of elements of french, african languages, and most notably native american languages. ==geography== thumb|right|creole-speaking parishes in louisiana speakers of louisiana creole are mainly concentrated in south and southwest louisiana, where the population of creolophones is distributed across the region. there are also numbers of creolophones in natchitoches parish on cane river and sizable communities of louisiana creole-speakers in southeast texas beaumont,texas (houston, port arthur, galveston) and the chicago area. louisiana creole speakers in california reside in los angeles, san diego and san bernardino counties and in northern california (san francisco bay area, sacramento county, plumas county, tehama county, mono county, and yuba county.) ===speaker demographics=== st. martin parish forms the heart of the creole-speaking region. other sizeable communities exist along bayou tÃªche in st. landry, avoyelles, iberia and st. mary parishes. there are smaller communities on false river in terrebone parish, pointe-coupÃ©e parish, and along the lower mississippi river in ascension,
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