About Quote by John McWhorter

Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And so English…

— Anonymous

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways,…

— William Labov

However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but…

— William Labov

I feel that the English language will be able to carry the weight of my African experience. But it will have to be a…

— Chinua Achebe

Ebonics is me. I'm the king of slang, hands down.

— E-40

In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.

— Watkin Tudor Jones

“African languages one third of all the languages of the world,”

— Thomas Sowell

“Afrikaans was the language of the white minority in South Africa, and the forced learning of it created resentment among blacks. Even so, Nelson…

— Robert Lane Greene

In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ã-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship - between languages and communities -…

— Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Writing in African languages became a topic of discussion in conferences, in schools, in classrooms; the issue is always being raised - so it's…

— Ngugi wa Thiong'o

My own thinking has evolved. You find Africanisms in American speech. You find an African influence on United States culture. There are all kinds…

— Amiri Baraka

Not all Africans speak the same language , So dont ask me to translate the Lion King Introduction

— Ketty Felix