Dialect comparison

African American Vernacular English vs Cajun English

Compare two dialects of English side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

African American Vernacular English

AAVE · Black English · Ebonics

A widespread English variety with a coherent grammatical system, including aspectual habitual "be" and the zero copula. Spoken across the African American community throughout the United States.

Approximate centre
42.33°, -83.05°
Cajun English

The English of the Cajun communities of southern Louisiana, descended from generations of French-English bilingualism. Distinguished by intonation, vowel realisations, and lexical borrowings from Cajun French.

Approximate centre
30.22°, -92.02°

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