African American Vernacular English

American  

[af-ri-kuhn uh-mer-i-kuhn ver-nak-yuh-ler ing-glish] / ˈæf rɪ kən əˈmɛr ɪ kən vərˈnæk yə lər ˈɪŋ glɪʃ /

noun

1. a dialect of American English characterized by pronunciations, syntactic structures, and vocabulary associated with and used by some North American Black people and exhibiting a wide variety and range of forms varying in the extent to which they differ from Standard American English. AAVE

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African-American Vernacular English British  

noun

1.  AAVE.  Also called: ebonics.  a dialect of English typically spoken by working-class African-Americans

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Etymology

Origin of African American Vernacular English

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

The singer’s misuse of African American Vernacular English has turned into an internet meme, but Bieber’s in on the joke.

From Los Angeles Times

But some took offense, leading the aquarium to apologize after many on social media pointed out the terms used in the tweet come from African American Vernacular English.

From Los Angeles Times

And he was one of the first linguists to conduct a systematic study of the American dialect variously called black English, Ebonics, African American Vernacular English, or the “blaccent.”

From Washington Post