Gullah

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African diaspora culture creole language culture ethnic group

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.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Gullah Geechee culture 8
Gullah people 8
Gullah language 4

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 ⓘ
African American spirituals ⓘ
surface form: Gullah spirituals
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Angola ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gullah people
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 ⓘ
surface form: Sapelo Island, Georgia

St. Helena Island, South Carolina ⓘ
hasReligion African-derived spiritual practices ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
spokenInRegion Lowcountry of South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Lowcountry

Sea Islands ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Virgin Islands Creole English → isRelatedTo → Gullah ⓘ
Southern American English → hasSubvariety → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowcountry Southern English
Sea Islands region → ethnicGroup → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah people
Sea Islands region → language → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah language
Pin Point, Georgia, United States → hasHeritage → Gullah ⓘ
subject surface form: Pin Point, Georgia
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee culture
Atlantic English Creole → hasExampleLanguage → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah language
Gullah → hasEthnicGroup → Gullah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah people
Bahamian Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → Gullah ⓘ
Lowcountry of South Carolina → knownFor → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee culture
Lowcountry of South Carolina → languageTradition → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah language
History of Charleston, South Carolina → linkedToCulture → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee culture
Middleton Place Stableyards → focusesOn → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee culture
Black Seminoles → hasPart → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah people
Spanish Florida → usedLanguage → Gullah ⓘ
Boone Hall Plantation → hasTheme → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah culture
American Beach, Florida → hasHeritage → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee culture
Br'er Rabbit → appearsInTradition → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah folklore
Br'er Rabbit → associatedWith → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah people
St. Helena Island, South Carolina → knownFor → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee culture
St. Helena Island, South Carolina → hasLanguageTradition → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah language
Port Royal Island → hasEthnicHeritage → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee culture
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah people
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina → knownFor → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah culture
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina → historicallyKnownFor → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee language
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina → hasCulturalHeritage → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee traditions
Geechee people → closeTo → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah people
Geechee people → sharesCultureWith → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah people
Geechee people → languageTradition → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee Creole language
Daufuskie Island → knownFor → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah culture
Daufuskie Island → ethnicGroupHistory → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah people
Edisto Island → hasCulturalHeritage → Gullah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gullah Geechee culture