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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

AAVE

/ˈɑːveɪ

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What does AAVE mean?

proper noun

  1. Initialism of African-American Vernacular English.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɑːveɪ

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈeɪ eɪ viː ˌiː/

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