Old Recordings Reveal Voices From Louisiana
A researcher found old recordings of people speaking Louisiana Creole.
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Who made the recordings and who studied the voices later?
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Lorenzo Dow Turner made the recordings in 1935. Oliver Mayeux later studied the voices.
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