AMERICAN LANGUAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The English language as used in the United States

Synonyms:

American; American English; American language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("American language" is a kind of...):

English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American language"):

AAVE; African American English; African American Vernacular English; Black English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular; Black Vernacular English; Ebonics (a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States)

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