AAE
African American English (AAE) is a term used in linguistics to describe a family of English varieties spoken by many African American communities in the United States. It is a dialect of American English, not a separate language, and it encompasses systematic phonological, syntactic, and lexical differences from Standard American English (SAE). The features of AAE vary by region, age, gender, and social context, and many speakers code-switch between AAE and SAE depending on setting.
Linguistic features commonly associated with AAE include habitual be, where the verb be marks habitual aspect
Historically, AAE reflects a history of language contact among West African languages, enslaved Africans, and English
Related topics include African American Vernacular English (AAVE), sociolinguistics, and language variation.