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The Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Trade Routes are a large network of trails suited for walking and biking and even horseback riding and canoeing on some parts. They connect Ethnic Qarsherskiyan communities on the Virginia Peninsula to the outside world, historically speaking, and have been around for hundreds of years, possibly dating back to the early 1600s. The Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Trade Routes mostly run through forests, marshes, and Bald Cypress swamps, connecting the cities of Newport News, Yorktown, and Williamsburg without touching any major roadways or neighborhoods. There is even a tunnel under Denbigh Boulevard called the AL-Qarsherskiyy Tunnel which allows people to walk across Denbigh without getting ran over. The trails and paths extend to Lake Erie and even down to Cape Hatteras in the North Carolina Outerbanks, meandering through Appalachia. The FBI and other organizations have trouble monitoring the trails and keeping track of the underground movement of spices, herbs, and other products from the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community, which they trade with the outside world using a battering system or using the US dollar. Its been suspecting that drugs have been smuggled along these routes, mainly Afghan Opium and Marijuana varieties and a plant from Yemen called Qhat, but such claims are unfounded and aren't substantiated.

The Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Trade Routes manage to sneak right passed the Huntington Pointe Neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia and they even have a tunnel under Denbigh Boulevard.

The Brass Ankles are a tribe of Sweetgum Kriyul people, a triracial isolate Creole group mostly concentrated in Eastern North America with 1 to 2 million people. The term Brass Ankles was originally a slur, but the community it reclaiming the term, similar to Melungeons and other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes.

Brass Ankles are among the most friendly people I've ever met. They are a people of honour and dignity and have my respect because of this.

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

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.

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.

Qarsherskiyan English is an umbrella term for several somewhat similar dialects of English spoken by some members of the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan tribe and people who grew up around the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community. It is often described by speakers of Standardized American English as being a mix of Tangier Island English, African American English or Ebonics, Southern American Accent, Appalachian Accents, and a bit of Midwestern Accent thrown in, all topped off with random Islamic Arabic and Creole French terms sprinkled in such as:
Bon Mateèn,
Salam Aleékum,
Merci Byoukou,
Alhamdulillah,
SubhanAllah,
MashAllah,
InşAllah,
Etc.

Whenever she speaks in her Qarsherskiyan English, my friend makes me smile. I like her accent. It's very attractive.

Tidewater Pidgin is a mix of English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu or Hindi, Malay, Indonesian, Yoruba, and words from various Native American languages. It is spoken by very few people and has little to no available information about it online. It's primarily spoken in Southeast Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina but also in much of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and around Lake Champlain in parts of Vermont, Quebec, and New York state.

Tidewater Pidgin has few speakers and used 3 alphabets:
Latin,
Cyrillic,

Arabic

Tidewater Pidgin is mainly used by a few Ethnic Qarsherskiyan people. It was once commonly used on the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Trade Routes.

The Carmel Indians are a subgroup of the Melungeon tribe from Western and Southern Ohio.

Melungeons are a varied group of Sweetgum Kriyul people primarily concentrated in the Eastern USA, especially around the Appalachian Mountains, with Carmel Indians of Ohio being an exception to the norm of Melungeons being in Appalachia. The ancestors of Carmel Indians came up from Kentucky and Virginia long ago in more than one wave of migration. Today, Carmel Indians maintain ties with other Sweetgum Kriyul tribes such as Brass Ankles of South Carolina, the Ethnic Qarsherskiyans, the Lumbee people, and others. They also maintain connections with the other groups of the Melungeon tribe like the Chestnut Ridge People.

Carmel Indians are mostly from Ohio in the West and Southwest of the state and the deep southern part of the state. Many had moved to faraway cities for better job opportunities though. Some are in Detroit or even further away.