Louisiana's French language does not exist in a vacuum, but instead has developed over time symbiotically with its sister tongue Louisiana Creole. After investigating the Bayou Teche and Pointe Coup? e dialects of this cherished yet endangered tongue in previous episodes of La Veillee, we visited this week with speakers of Louisiana Creole from Vacherie in St. James Parish about what makes their dialect unique and how the language was crafted by enslaved Louisiana across generations.