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Category:African-American Vernacular English

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Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. theyselves
  2. lay it on
  3. to the house
  4. clapback
  5. get something twisted
  6. betchu
  7. booty chaser
  8. huzz
  9. ion
  10. yunc
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. dindu
  2. gon'
  3. mastah
  4. sumbody
  5. no-good ass
  6. mastuh
  7. nat'ral
  8. som'
  9. nevuh
  10. nigguh

Terms or senses in the variety of English spoken, especially in urban communities, by most working-class and some middle-class African-Americans.

It is a sociolect with significantly different grammatical characteristics from Standard English, especially in tense-aspect and negation constructions. Many African-American communities maintain diglossia between African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and Standard English.

The following label generates this category: African-American Vernacular (aliases AAVE, African American Vernacular, African American Vernacular English, African-American Vernacular English, BVE)edit. To generate this category using one of these labels, use {{lb|en|label}}.



Pages in category "African-American Vernacular English"

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