Qarshkī Creole, also called Sweetgum Kriol Language rarely, or the Qarshkī language, is a Creole language based in a broad mix of English, Arabic, French, Indonesian, Malaysian, Persian, Turkish including Ottoman Turkish, Kurdish, Urdu and Hindi, Punjabi, Tamazight, Spanish, Portuguese including Brazilian and Azorean Portuguese, various Native American languages, and some other linguistic influences.
Qarshkī Creole is a dying language, just like it's more simplified sister language, Tidewater Pidgin. It has very few speakers left, is split into several complex dialects that are nearly unintelligible at times, and uses 3 writing systems simultaneously:
English/Latin alphabet
Arabic/Persian abjadiyyah
Russian/Cyrillic alphabet
English/Latin alphabet
Arabic/Persian abjadiyyah
Russian/Cyrillic alphabet
by Son of Ogun December 04, 2024
The Chestnut Ridge People (CRP) are a subgroup of the Melungeon tribe. Melungeons are a Sweetgum Kriyul tribe primarily concentrated in the Southern and Central Appalachian Mountain range and Appalachian Plateau. It should be mentioned some Melungeon people such as the Carmel Indians of Ohio live outside of Appalachia.
The Chestnut Ridge People are hardworking. Like other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as the Lumbees and the Ethnic Qarsherskiyans, Chestnut Ridge People are a tri-racial isolate group with unique genetics and a long history dating about to colonial times.
by Son of Ogun December 04, 2024
Melungeons are a Sweetgum Kriyul tribe mostly concentrated in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas. There are several tribes within the Melungeon tribe such as the Chestnut Ridge People (CRP) from West Virginia, Ohio, and small borderland parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania, but mostly living on Chestnut Ridge for which they are named.
All Melungeon tribes are categorically labeled under the categorical umbrella term Melungeon, which originated likely as a pejorative term from Arabic, Melan Jinn, meaning cursed Jinn. Jinn are figures in Islamic tradition said to be one of three powerful beings Allah created, which also include humans and angels as the other two. Some Jinn are Muslims and others are unbelievers. Some are even evil. Another theory suggests "Melungeon" comes from Malange, a somewhat archaic word from North American French dialects meaning to mix or blend, as Melungeons are a triracial isolate group being of mixed race heritage, similar to other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan tribe and the Lumbee tribe.
Elvis Presley was a famous Melungeon.
All Melungeon tribes are categorically labeled under the categorical umbrella term Melungeon, which originated likely as a pejorative term from Arabic, Melan Jinn, meaning cursed Jinn. Jinn are figures in Islamic tradition said to be one of three powerful beings Allah created, which also include humans and angels as the other two. Some Jinn are Muslims and others are unbelievers. Some are even evil. Another theory suggests "Melungeon" comes from Malange, a somewhat archaic word from North American French dialects meaning to mix or blend, as Melungeons are a triracial isolate group being of mixed race heritage, similar to other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan tribe and the Lumbee tribe.
Elvis Presley was a famous Melungeon.
Have you heard of the Melungeon folks of Appalachia? They aren't quite White, and definitely aren't quite Black. They are a mix of Black, White, and a some Indigenous folks in their bloodline too.
by Son of Ogun December 02, 2024