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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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of these languages have developed into dialects and dialect families (examples include African-American English, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Gullah), creole...
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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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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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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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Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
"hexmeisters", who practiced pow-wow magic (Braucherei in the Pennsylvania Dutch language). The Sixth and Seventh Books was semi-widely used in pow-wow, but it was...
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Daufuskie Island (category Gullah country)
Daufuskie's remoteness allowed Gullah culture to survive and flourish through the generations. The Gullah language is a legacy of the original slaves...
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Ian Hancock (section Creole language studies)
that Afro-Seminole Creole and Gullah are closely related languages, as Black Seminoles were descended primarily from Gullah people of the Low Country of...
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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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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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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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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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