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 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, (initialism) AAVE, Black English, BE, Black English Vernacular, BEV, Ebonics, (colloquial, often pejorative) jive ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== AAE Category:African-American Vernacular English ==== Further reading ==== African-American Vernacular English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia