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  SeaIslandCreoleEnglishLanguage

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SeaIslandCreoleEnglishLanguage
The SeaIslandCreoleEnglishLanguage is a NorthEasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: GUL. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: 125,000 speakers (1977 I. Hancock), including 7,000 to 10,000 monolinguals, and 10,000 in New York City (1989 J. Holm). Region: Coastal region from Jacksonville, North Carolina to Jacksonville, Florida, and especially on the Sea Islands off the Georgia coast. Small clusters in New York City and Detroit. Alternate names: GULLAH, GEECHEE. Dialects: NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. Comments: Intelligibility with other English based creoles is undetermined. Very close to Bahamas Creole and Afro-Seminole. 90% lexical similarity with Afro-Seminole. In limited contact with English, and barely understandable with Standard English. Government bilingual education program begun. Vigorous. Linguistic influences from Fula, Mende, upper Guinea coast, Gambia River area (I. Hancock 1987). Scholars have been predicting its demise for 100 years (W. Stewart). Investigation needed: intelligibility with Bahamas Creole, Afro-Seminole. Dictionary. Literacy rate in first language: 1% to 5%. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. Swamps, coastal plains. Agriculturalists: rice, cotton. Bible portions 1994.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguageAn AtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is an EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage that evolved in areas in and near the AtlanticOcean.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 ContentBearingPhysicalUn Object o Process que expresa contenido. Esto cubre los Objects que contienen una Proposition, como un libro, así como un ManualSignLanguage, por lo que puede contener una Proposition.
 CreoleLanguageA CreoleLanguage is a PidginLanguage that has developed and become the mother tongue for a community of people. This process is called 'creolization' and results in an expanded vocabulary and grammar structure that allow for communication as rich and complex as that of non-creole languages. While pidgins are regarded as reduced languages, creoles are considered expanded languages. That is, while pidgins develop to enable communication in relatively isolated domains, creoles allow for a full range of expressive possibilities on a par with more 'recognized' languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 EasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguageAn EasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is an AtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage that evolved in eastern areas of the AtlanticOcean.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 EnglishBasedCreoleLanguageAn EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the EnglishLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 EntityLa clase universal de individuos. Es el nodo principal de la ontología.
 HumanLanguageLa subclass de Languages usados o sea «lenguajes naturales» por Humans.
 LanguageUn sistema de signos para expresar pensamientos. El sistema puede ser natural o artificial, por ejemplo, algo que emerge poco a poco como un artefacto cultural o algo se crea intencionalmente por una persona o grupo de personas.
 LinguisticExpressionEsta es la subclase de ContentBearingPhysical que es relacionada con idiomas. Note que esta Class abarca ambos Language y los elementos de Languages, por ejemplo Words «palabras».
 NorthEasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguageA NorthEasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is an EasternAtlanticEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage that evolved in northern areas near the eastern AtlanticOcean.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 PhysicalUna entidad que tiene ubicación en espacio-tiempo. Note que las ubicaciones se entienden tener sitio en espacio-tiempo.
 SpokenHumanLanguageUn SpokenHumanLanguage es un HumanLanguage en el que se utiliza la voz humana como medio. También se puede representarlo visualmente por the escritura aunque no todos los idiomas tienen una forma de escritura codificada.
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