Gullah language

Gullah
Gullah-English, Sea Island Creole English
Native toUnited States
RegionSouth Carolina Lowcountry; coastal Georgia, including the Sea Islands
Ethnicity200,000 (Wolfram, 2021)
Native speakers
300 fluent (2021)
5,000 semi-fluent
English Creole
  • Atlantic
    • Eastern
Dialects
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3gul – inclusive code Sea Island Creole English
Individual code:
afs  Afro-Seminole Creole
Glottologgull1241  Sea Island Creole English
ELPGeechee-Gullah
Linguasphere52-ABB-aa

Gullah (also called Gullah-English, 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 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.