Gullah language
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Gullah (also called Gullah-English,[2] Sea Island Creole English,[3] and Geechee[4]) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community), an African-American population living in coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia (including urban Charleston and Savannah) as well as extreme northeastern Florida and the extreme southeast of North Carolina.[5][6]
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Gullah | |
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Gullah-English, Sea Island Creole English | |
Native to | United States |
Region | Coastal low country region of South Carolina and Georgia including the Sea Islands |
Ethnicity | 200,000 (Wolfram, 2021)[1] |
Native speakers | 300 fluent (2021)[1] 5,000 semi-fluent[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gul – inclusive code Sea Island Creole EnglishIndividual code: afs – Afro-Seminole Creole |
Glottolog | gull1241 Sea Island Creole English |
ELP | Geechee-Gullah |
Linguasphere | 52-ABB-aa |
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