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.
a
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