Reflection

I learned a lot of good things over the course of this project. I learned that language develops with the people who teach it. When the slaves came over from from Africa, they used a mix of African language and English to communicate with each other called Gullah. This language developed over time and is still used today on the coast of the Carolinas. Some Gullah words like juke, jumbalaya, and tote are used in the English language. We are now taking from Gullah, because we gave Gullah the means to form itself. This was a fun project and I learned a lot!

Reccomendations

I think researchers as a whole should use more audio and video to get a point across as well as their own opinions because, by using opinions of ourselves and the opinions of others, we can gain new ideas and formulate better opinions and gain new ones. Research is a great thing!

Conclusions

From my research we can learn that just because you don't know or haven't heard a specific dialect or language doesn't mean that you don't use those words. People use words from Latin and Greek everyday and don't even know it. You can be speaking some of a language and not know you are speaking it.

Interpretation of Data

My data shows that even though people may not have heard the Gullah dialect before, they still use some words that are part of it and are native to it. Gullah originated from African language and English combined, so it proves that dialects can originate from two languages mixing together.

Gullah Video

Gullah Data

Did you like how Gullah sounded if you heard it spoken?

Gullah Data

Where have you heard the Gullah dialect before?