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by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on November 24th, 2008

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What does the word 'Gullah' mean?

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  • by Account Closed on November 24th, 2008

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    a member of a group of former slaves and their descendants living on the Sea Islands and in adjacent isolated coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia.

    the English creole spoken by the Gullahs, containing vocabulary and grammatical features from various West African languages.

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  • by Rollie on November 24th, 2008

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    African Americans who live in the Low Country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Historically, the Gullah region once extended north to the Cape Fear area on the coast of North Carolina and south to the vicinity of Jacksonville on the coast of Florida; but today the Gullah area is confined to the South Carolina and Georgia Low Country. The Gullah people are also called Geechee, especially in Georgia.

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  • by Gone. on November 24th, 2008

    Gone.

    Definitions of gullah on the Web:

    A language sometimes referred to as "Sea Island Creole," Gullah is a hybrid of English and West African expressions brought over by ...
    http://www.islandpacket.com/man/gullah/termsofculture.html
    The Gullah are African Americans who live in the Low Country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the ...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah
    Pertaining to the language and culture of a group of islands off the southern coast of the United States
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gullah

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  • by Schroeder on November 24th, 2008

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    The Gullah are African Americans who live in the Low Country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Historically, the Gullah region once extended north to the Cape Fear area on the coast of North Carolina and south to the vicinity of Jacksonville on the coast of Florida; but today the Gullah area is confined to the South Carolina and Georgia Low Country. The Gullah people are also called Geechee, especially in Georgia.

    The Gullah are known for preserving more of their African linguistic and cultural heritage than any other African American community in the United States. They speak an English-based creole language containing many African loanwords and significant influences from African languages in grammar and sentence structure. The Gullah language is related to Jamaican Creole, Bahamian Dialect, and the Krio language of Sierra Leone in West Africa. Gullah storytelling, foodways, music, folk beliefs, crafts, farming and fishing traditions, etc. all exhibit strong influences from West and Central African cultures.

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  • by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on November 24th, 2008

    bagicide stayed 10 months too long

    If I'm not mistaken, it is pertaining to the culture and language of a group of escaped slaves of many different African cultures and languages that formed a community on one of the barrier islands off South Carolina, right?

    I believe they were featured in the movie The Patriot?

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