Gullah

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Gullah is an English-based creole language and culture of African-descended communities in the coastal Lowcountry and Sea Islands of the southeastern United States, known for preserving strong African linguistic and cultural influences.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African diaspora culture ⓘ
creole language ⓘ
culture ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Geechee ⓘ
developedDuring transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
developedFrom plantation creole varieties ⓘ
endangeredStatus threatened by language shift to English ⓘ
hasCulturalExpression Gullah cuisine ⓘ
Gullah folktales ⓘ
Gullah spirituals ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Angola ⓘ
Gambia ⓘ
linked to: The Gambia

Gold Coast (Ghana) ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice call-and-response singing ⓘ
rice cultivation traditions ⓘ
ring shout ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
sweetgrass basket weaving ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
hasGrammaticalFeature serial verb constructions ⓘ
use of preverbal tense-aspect markers ⓘ
zero copula in some contexts ⓘ
hasLanguageCode ISO 639-3: gul ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom African languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
hasLinguisticSubstrate West African languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticSuperstrate English ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature reduction of final consonant clusters ⓘ
hasPopulationCenter Sapelo Island, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Sapelo Island

St. Helena Island, South Carolina ⓘ
hasReligion African-derived spiritual practices ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
knownFor preservation of African cultural elements ⓘ
preservation of African linguistic features ⓘ
languageFamily English-based creole ⓘ
recognizedAs distinct African American culture ⓘ
spokenIn Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
United States ⓘ
spokenInRegion Lowcountry ⓘ
Sea Islands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern American English → hasSubvariety → Lowcountry Southern English ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Sea Islands region → ethnicGroup → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Sea Islands region → language → Gullah language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Pin Point, Georgia → hasHeritage → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Atlantic English Creole → hasExampleLanguage → Gullah language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Gullah → hasEthnicGroup → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Lowcountry of South Carolina → knownFor → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Lowcountry of South Carolina → languageTradition → Gullah language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
History of Charleston, South Carolina → linkedToCulture → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Middleton Place Stableyards → focusesOn → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Black Seminoles → hasPart → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Boone Hall Plantation → hasTheme → Gullah culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
American Beach, Florida → hasHeritage → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Br'er Rabbit → appearsInTradition → Gullah folklore ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Br'er Rabbit → associatedWith → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
St. Helena Island, South Carolina → knownFor → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
St. Helena Island, South Carolina → hasLanguageTradition → Gullah language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Port Royal Island → hasEthnicHeritage → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina → knownFor → Gullah culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina → historicallyKnownFor → Gullah Geechee language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina → hasCulturalHeritage → Gullah Geechee traditions ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Geechee people → closeTo → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Geechee people → sharesCultureWith → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Geechee people → languageTradition → Gullah Geechee Creole language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Daufuskie Island → knownFor → Gullah culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Daufuskie Island → ethnicGroupHistory → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Edisto Island → hasCulturalHeritage → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Riceboro, Georgia → culturalHeritage → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Kumbaya → associatedEthnicGroup → Gullah people ⓘ
subject linked to: “Kumbaya”
linked to: Gullah
Sweetfield of Eden Baptist Church → heritage → Gullah-Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Carolina region of the United States → hasCulturalHeritage → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Sea Islands → hasCulture → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Sea Islands → knownFor → Gullah Geechee language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Gold Coast (Ghana) → influencedCulture → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Lowcountry cuisine → influencedBy → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Geechee → alsoKnownAs → Gullah Geechee ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Geechee → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Geechee → hasLanguage → Gullah language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Geechee → hasLanguage → Gullah Geechee Creole ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Ball family of South Carolina → associatedWith → Gullah Geechee enslaved communities ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
St. Helena Island → knownFor → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
St. Helena Island → hasCulturalGroup → Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
St. Helena Island → hasLanguage → Gullah language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
Folk-Lore of the Sea Islands, South Carolina → relatedConcept → Gullah culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
McIntosh County, Georgia → hasCulturalHeritage → Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah