black english

Questions about black english

What does black english mean?

black english means "a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States".

What is another word for black english?

Close synonyms include African American Vernacular English, AAVE, African American English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black english a common word?

black english is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.