Da' Gullah Rootz

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Gullah: gul • lah(gul'e)

  1. One of a group of people of African ancestry inhabiting the Sea Islands and Coastal areas of South Carolina, Georgia and Northern Florida.
  2. The creolized language of the Gullahs, based on English but including vocabulary elements and grammatical features from several African languages and spoken in isolated communities from Georgetown, in Eastern South Carolina to Northern Florida.

Geechee: gee • chee(ge'che)

  1. The local dialect of English spoken in Charleston, South Carolina

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