Gullah

E148677

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 (10)

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 (31)

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