Gullah (also called Gullah-English, Sea Island Creole English, and Geechee) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within...
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people and their language are also called Geechee, which may be derived from the name of the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia. Gullah is a term that...
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Gullah Gullah Island is an American musical children's television series aired on the Nick Jr. block from October 24, 1994, to March 7, 2000. The show...
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They developed a creole language, also called Gullah, and a culture with some African influence. Historically, the Gullah region extended from the Cape...
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Republic, Haiti, and Suriname. It is also one of the sources of the Gullah language, which formed in the Low Country and Sea Islands of the United States...
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Daughters of the Dust (category Gullah in popular culture)
North. The film received critical praise for its lush visuals, use of Gullah language, and non-linear narrative structure. The cast includes Cora Lee Day...
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creole languages spoken in the Americas, especially Jamaican Patois (Jamaican Creole), Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole), Bajan Creole and Gullah language, but...
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Kumbaya (category Gullah culture)
unaccompanied tenor voice identified only as "H. Wylie" singing in the Gullah language. The piece became a standard campfire song in Scouting and summer camps...
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linguistic history, otherwise known as the Gullah people and Gullah language (aka, Geechie Gullah, or Gullah-Geechee, etc). It has been used as a nickname...
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Bahamian Creole (redirect from Bahamas Creole English language)
and the Gullah language of South Carolina, as many Bahamians are descendants of enslaved African peoples brought to the islands from the Gullah region...
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The Gullah Language. Posted by Joseph Opala "Geechee and Gullah Culture". www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. Opala, Joseph (March 10, 2015). "The Gullah: Rice...
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Bongo-Baguirmi languages: Gula language (Chad) Tar Gula language in the Central African Republic and Sudan Gola language in Liberia Gullah language, an African-English...
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Lorenzo Dow Turner (category Gullah)
research on the Gullah language of the Low Country of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. His studies included recordings of Gullah speakers in the 1930s...
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An English-based creole language (often shortened to English creole) is a creole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time...
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and South Carolina. Gullah may also refer to: Gullah language Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor or Gullah Territory Gullah Jack (died 1822), African...
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in Barbados Belizean Creole, English-based creole spoken in Belize Gullah language, spoken in the coastal region of the US states of North and South Carolina...
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A Soldier's Story (category 1980s English-language films)
soldiers from the rural South who lacked education, or who spoke in Gullah language. Peterson also recalls how he beat up Waters when the sergeant berated...
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Bajan Creole (redirect from Bajan language)
Province of Carolina, Bajan has influenced American English and the Gullah language spoken in the Carolinas. Regionally, Bajan has ties to Belizean and...
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Juke joint (category Articles containing Gullah-language text)
providing cheap room and board. The term juke is believed to come from the Gullah word joog or jug, meaning rowdy or disorderly which itself is derived from...
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Department documented that about 20 title words from the Kikongo language are in the Gullah language. These title words indicate continued African traditions...
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Virginia Mixson Geraty (category Researchers in Gullah anthropology)
outspoken defender of the Gullah language. She authored poetry and books in the Gullah language and produced popular recordings in Gullah. She was also involved...
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Haint blue (category Gullah culture)
ceilings in the Southern United States. The tradition originated with the Gullah in Georgia and South Carolina. The ceiling of the slave quarters at the...
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Gullah Jack (died July 12, 1822), also known as Couter Jack and sometimes referred to as "Gullah" Jack Pritchard, was an African Methodist and Hoodoo conjurer...
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and resources associated with Gullah-Geechee people. Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, and the federal Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor...
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African-American English (category Language articles without speaker estimate)
Gullah culture and language. The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission was established in 2006 to help protect and promote the Gullah culture...
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Emory Campbell (category Gullah)
leader among the Gullah people, African Americans who live in the coastal low country region of South Carolina and Georgia. The Gullahs have preserved more...
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the Dust (1991) Gullah Gullah Island (1994–2000) Publications Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl Vibration Cooking Language Gullah language Religion and folklore...
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Conrack (category 1970s English-language films)
have been isolated from the rest of the world and speak a dialect called Gullah, with "Conrack" of the novel's title being the best they can do to pronounce...
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Cowboy (category Articles containing Gullah-language text)
horses. In 1960, one etymologist suggested that buckaroo derives, through Gullah: buckra, from the Ibibio and Efik: mbakara, meaning "white man, master,...
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List of dialects of English (redirect from English language in Africa)
American English American English-based hybrid languages (creoles or pidgins) Afro-Seminole Creole Gullah language/Sea Island Creole English, South-East US...
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