Stories in Kouri-Vini

Lapin di, "Mo pa enkò rendi o bout karant arpen." ("Tar Baby." Louisiana Folk-Tales, 1895)
Lapin says, "I have not yet given up hope."

Kouri-Vini, also known as Louisiana Creole, is one of the heritage languages of Louisiana.  Kouri-Vini has been spoken in Louisiana since at least the 1740's.  Today, it is an endangered language.  It is our hope that children and their families learn to read, speak, and write in Kouri-Vini.

We are grateful to those who have lent their voices to make these stories come alive.

We thank StoryWeaver for their vision of providing children with reading resources in their mother tongue.

Chinbon ça vivon! Lash pa!