American Lauguage

There is no language that can be called American! America has a blend of languages due to the many different people of various cultures and ethnicities that are represented here. The America that we know of today is English because of the British coming to this continent and colonizing the territory. When it came to Africans being over in America, language evolved within their community by mixing English with the many different African dialects that they spoke from different West African tribes. Ever since that time language has been a touchy subject when it comes to African Americans. Some have argued that we were not smart enough because of how we spoke, calling us ignorant and backwards due to the dialect that we uttered from our mouths. But the lack of proper English that you speak does not make you ignorant and stupid. Over the years African Americans have developed different words in their vocabulary that have shown our bond as a people. As recently as the 1990s, much of our "slang" has been used by white people in many different ways. Our words have been used for marketing hip hop items as well as publishing certain words in updated dictionaries such as "bootylicious" and "bling". That does not mean that America has a language. If you ask me, the appropriation of our words and expressions in this country have only added to the vocabulary of the English language. There are more than one true American languages because of the Native Americans that once thrived on this continent. Today's circumstance serves to remind me that the "American language" of the present-day America is an extension of its mother country England.