African-American Vernacular English
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- African American Vernacular English
- African American vernacular English
- African-American vernacular English
Proper noun
[edit]African-American Vernacular English
- A variation of Modern English spoken predominantly by lower socioeconomic class individuals of African descent, usually in urban or suburban surroundings in the United States.
Synonyms
[edit]- African-American English
- Afro-American Vernacular English
- AAVE
- Black English (BE) (US)
- Black English Vernacular (BEV)
- Ebonics
Translations
[edit]variation of Modern English spoken by African-Americans
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