dunroamins:

sahonithereadwolf:

a-foxo:

I absolutely love the language of my mother’s people

I believe linguistically the term is called Comparative Reduplication! And while a lot of languages have it, including many Indigenous American ones, Yoruba culture holds a lot of influence over how Black Diaspora and AAVE have been shaped. It’s a good video.

This is SO COOL thank you for sharing this!

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