"Holla J I not seen yo in foreva, how yo ho doin'," he replies.

"She be good, my ol' lady ain't be that great though," J Michael says in a somber mood.

"Yo I sorry, I be stoppin down in the projects to holla at her," Omar says regarding J Michael's Mom.

"Well bro I out," Yells J Michael as he walks out the door.

Not just slang spoken in cities, or a joining of the two words ebony and phonics; Ebonics is the vernacular of the ghetto. Also known as African American English, Ebonics is the most commonly spoken language in American cities, whether in a Spanish dialect or American dialect. The Spanish dialect is spoken more in southern cities where there is more of a Spanish or Puerto Rican ethnicity. To fully understand Ebonics you must also understand the people that speak it and how it plays a role in their lives.

Most suburban Americans consider Ebonics a slang spoken by black city dwellers, when in all actuality it is a well-formed language spoken by many different races in a large range of locations. The Oakland City School District deemed Ebonics the official language of the school district in 1996 completely changing this view of

First evolving in the slave fields in the southern states in America, this language that can be compared to cockney in Britain, has changed African American culture. It is also different from cockney where it isn't considered informal by people who speak it. All in Britain know Cockney to be a very informal and improper dialect, and the people who speak Cockney also share this belief. Ebonics can literally be defined as black sounds, or Pan African communications. Starting off as just slang, it has taken many dialects and distinct West African sounds and formed them into a recognized language.

Ebonics is truly a foreign language; it started off in the slave fields as slang and has been shaped into a concrete spoken language. Not only spoken between two teenage friends, it is spoken by all. A Grandma and Grandpa, mother and father, husband and wives all speak Ebonics in this culture. These are all relationships where slang would not be spoken; this just goes to show how broad this language reaches.

There are two main dialects of Ebonics that are spoken in America. The first is the American dialect. This is the original Ebonics that we hear talked about most often. From city to city there might be a few different words,

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