# Oldest Recording of Louisiana’s Vanishing Creole Language Is Published

- Source: NYT World
- Published: 2026-10-30T05:00:08+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/30/us/louisiana-creole-recording-lorenzo-dow-turner.html
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The rediscovery of a forgotten recording from 1935 sheds light on a language rooted in the state’s history of slavery and French colonialism.

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