Ebonics
Ebonics, which stands for Ebony + Phonics is a new term that Linguistics use to describe Black Dialect or Black English or many of the other names that it has been given for more that 350 years.. has been in the news recently but it is definitely not a new topic. Ebonics is a "language" that is a combination of "proper English" and a combination of African languages. Because of this combination a pattern was formed on how certain words are said such as this and that, would be pronounced dis and dat. In all words the "Th." sound sounded like a "D". There was also another pattern formed such as, no tense indicated in the verb, no "r" sound and no consonant pairs. These are just some of the many patterns that were created when Africans were forced to learn the English language.History states that around 1619, during the slave trade, ships collected slaves not just from one nation but from many nations. Although they were all Africans certain areas spoke different languages. Some Africans spoke Ibo, Yoruba and Hausa. They were then separated from each other and had to travel with people whom the could not understand. Captain William Smith wrote:
They also used the slaves that new good English to translate or explain what the other slaves were saying. " In 1734, the Philadelphia American Weekly Mercury read: Run away. This proves that Ebonics has been around for many years and will be around for a long time. North Carolina Discoveries cited: 'O Canaan, sweet Canaan, I am bound for the land of Canaan We meant to reach the north- and the north was Canaan There were lions. When the African slaves had children they talked to them in African English pidgin. (Smitherman) Being that these two groups merged together they adapted each others language whether it was correct or incorrectOn the east coast of America, the Blacks spoke a different degree of Ebonics which was discovered in newspaper articles. in the way, I don't expect to stay Much longer here Run to JesusNshun the danger I don't expect to stay Much longer here. ;he's Pennsylvania Born and speaks good English,"These articles show where each person came from and what there English was like. Their native language and English would be combined and they would speak African-English pidgin.
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