Hmmm....
One cannot tell for sure that someone is of the negro race by the way they talk. There are many examples I can think of.
However, if a negro talks like the current ‘blacks’ or ‘ebonics’ or ‘jive’, one can usually assume they are black.
One can also usually discern when it a caucasian trying to imitate same speech patterning. For instance, Eminem . He raps like a ‘black’ rapper, but it’s easy to tell he’s not really a negro. I’m not sure why.
It is also easy to tell various dialects. There’s certain vocal patterns that people in various parts of the nation use. Dixie drawl, New Yakkers, Philly, California Surfer Dudes, Valley Girls, Rednecks, etc. We used to call them ‘accents’.
The type of ‘dialect’ exhibited by Witness #8 (Rachel Jeantel) is not only a cultural one, but one based on a definite lack of vocabulary and lack of proper grammatical education.
Many ‘blacks’ say AKS instead of ASK (I don’t know why) and they mix up the plurality of verbs and nouns. Mostly they just mimic the speech patterns of those that surround them.
One of my theories is that ‘blacks’ developed their own ‘language’ as a way of being able to communicate with each other without ‘whitey’ understanding what they were saying. They aren’t the only ‘group’ that has done this, and probably won’t be the last.
One might suggest we have come a long way (baby) since the OJ trial, but I really think we are headed in the opposite direction. OJ spoke the Queen’s English, and so did Johnny Cochran. On an even more curious note, None of the lawyers for either side, in the Martin/Zimmerman case are ‘black’. We were getting rid of ‘racism’ in our nation but the powers that be want to keep racism going because it gives them cover for all their nefarious activities.
Instead of being proud of our differences and acknowledging them openly, we are taught to hate others for those differences. As a result, those differences end up leading to the lowest common denominator of human potential.
Many of the African languages are based on pitch and rhythm instead of relationship between vowel and consonants. That’s why drums are forbidden on some plantations. When there were no drum they used their body — ham bone. Jive emerged from that All the declrative notes and ornaments emerged from their tonal communications. Sentences as we know them were non existent
Her mother is from Haiti. Their language would be closer to the original slave/African form. Check out the Sea Island history if your interested in learning more