African-American Vernacular English

English

Alternative forms

• African American Vernacular English
• African American vernacular English
• African-American vernacular English

Proper noun

African-American Vernacular English

1. 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: African-American English, Afro-American Vernacular English, Black English, BE, Black English Vernacular, BEV, Ebonics, (colloquial, often pejorative) jive

Translations

variation of Modern English spoken by African-Americans

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非洲裔美國人白話英語／非洲裔美国人白话英语 (Fēizhōu yì měiguó rén báihuà yīngyǔ)

• Finnish: afrikkalaisamerikkalainen englanti
• German: afroamerikanisches Englisch n
• Japanese: 黒人英語 (こくじんえいご, kokujin eigo)
• Portuguese: vernáculo afro-americano m
• Russian: Афроамериканский англи́йский f (Afroamerikanskij anglíjskij)
• Turkish: Afroamerikan vernaküler İngilizcesi, Afroamerikan İngilizcesi

See also

• AAE
• Category:African-American Vernacular English

Further reading

• African-American Vernacular English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia