Language African-American culture

generations of hardships imposed on african-american community created distinctive language patterns. slave owners intentionally mixed people spoke different african languages discourage communication in language other english. this, combined prohibitions against education, led development of pidgins, simplified mixtures of 2 or more languages speakers of different languages use communicate. examples of pidgins became developed languages include creole, common louisiana, , gullah, common sea islands off coast of south carolina , georgia.

african american vernacular english (aave) variety (dialect, ethnolect, , sociolect) of american english language closely associated speech of, not exclusive to, african americans. while aave academically considered legitimate dialect because of logical structure, of both whites , african americans consider slang or result of poor command of standard american english. many african americans born outside american south still speak hints of aave or southern dialect. inner-city african-american children isolated speaking aave have more difficulty standardized testing and, after school, moving mainstream world work. common many speakers of aave code switch between aave , standard american english depending on setting.