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Legal Status of official English in Louisiana When Louisiana was introduced to the union in 1803, its major language had been French. In 1807, the state adopted English as a condition to admittance to the union. As laws were passed, they typically spelled out which languages may be used to comply with each regulation. Languages in Louisiana The French-speaking population of Louisiana has steadily declined as a proportion of total population. In 2000, 9.2 percent of this state's residents speak a language other than English. This state has the nation's highest proportion of speakers of Cajun. The foreign languages most commonly spoken as the predominant language in the home are French (incl. Patois, Cajun) (177,919), Spanish or Spanish Creole (84,500), Vietnamese (17,361), German (7,213), Chinese (4,836), Arabic (4,332), French Creole (4,202), Italian (3,489), Tagalog (3,075), Korean (2,031),
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