Vernacular that came into prominence in 1996

• To linguists, it's African American Vernacular English
• American English offshoot
• Subject of a 1990s language controversy
• African American Vernacular English
• Controversial school language subject
• Vernacular much debated in the 1990s
• A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"African-American vernacular English," 1975, as title of a book by U.S. professor R.L. Williams (b.1930); a blend of ebony and phonics .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ebonics may refer to: African American Vernacular English , a distinctive lect, or variety, of English spoken by African Americans , sometimes called Ebonics Ebonics (word) , a term that is used for what linguists far more often term African American Vernacular ...