When the Oakland School board wanted to establish instruction in Ebonics, in addition to English, they cited research arguing that Ebonics was a
A)creole, descended from ancestral African languages.
B)pidgin, developed in West Africa during slavery.
C)pig Latin, used in the Comoro Islands by children.
D)dialect, with high prestige in Chicago and Oakland.

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Ebonics is considered a creole language, which has roots in African languages and developed during the period of slavery when African people were brought to America and needed a way to communicate both with their European captors and among themselves.

When the Oakland School Board Wanted to Establish Instruction in Ebonics