Description
Sea Island Creole English New Testament
De Nyew Testament (GULNT)
Gullah USA
Geechee
- Paperback: 402 pages
- Publisher: Digital Bible Society (June 28, 2017) / Wycliffe Bible Translators
- Language: Gullah / Sea Island Creole
- ISBN-10: 1531302688
- ISBN-13: 978-1531302689
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
John 3:16
Cause God lob all de people een de wol sommuch dat e gii we e onliest Son. God sen we um so dat ebrybody wa bleebe pon um ain gwine dead. Dey gwine lib faebamo.
Gullah, also called Sea Island Creole English and Geechee, is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community), an African-American population living on the Sea Islands and in the coastal regions of the American states of South Carolina, Georgia and northeast Florida (this includes Charleston and Savannah). Closely related varieties are spoken in the Bahamas, namely the same language.The Gullah language is based on different varieties of English and languages of West and Central Africa.
Gullah | |
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Sea Island Creole English | |
Native to | United States |
Region | Coastal low country region of South Carolina and Georgia including the Sea Islands |
Native speakers
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(550 cited 1990–2010) |
English Creole
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Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gul – inclusive codeSea Island Creole EnglishIndividual code: afs – Afro-Seminole Creole |
Glottolog | gull1241 Sea Island Creole English |
Linguasphere | 52-ABB-aa |