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Gullah language
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (October 2011) |
| Gullah | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
English Creole
| |
| Dialects | |
| 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 |
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]
- ^ a b c Wolfram, 2021. "Gullah language speakers and population". Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Gullah-English, linguistics of African-American languages 101" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Glottolog 4.4 - Sea Island Creole English". glottolog.org. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Geechee", The Free Dictionary, archived from the original on July 30, 2021, retrieved July 30, 2021
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Sea Island Creole English". Glottolog 4.3. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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