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Answer for the clue "To linguists, it's African American Vernacular English ", 7 letters:
ebonics

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Word definitions for ebonics in dictionaries

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 ...

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 .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Ebonics English)

Usage examples of ebonics.

Or maybe their schools refused to teach him in the Ebonics of his day.

So, mah boys tell me we got us the Dancer hisself, the agent muttered, the patois less Ebonics than, well.