Definitions for black english

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Black′(n.)

(or black′ ) Eng′lish

  1. a dialect of American English spoken by some members of black communities in North America.

    Category: Peoples

  2. any of a variety of dialects of English or English-based pidgins or creoles spoken by black people.

    Category: Peoples

Princeton's WordNet

  1. African American Vernacular English, AAVE, African American English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics(noun)

    a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States


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