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There is general consensus that AAE developed from a creole language, or a mixed language, sourced from West African languages, Caribbean creoles and English, says Alicia Beckford Wassink, director of the sociolinguistics laboratory at the University of Washington.

Kali Uchis found an audience for her mixed language hit “Telepatía” on TikTok, while Cardi B extended her reign with her No. 1 hit “Up,” which is nominated only for best rap performance.

Is Yiddish, then, a similarly mixed language?

Chinese social media platform Weibo shows no results for the search term “South Park” in English or Chinese at the time of writing, though it does show truncated results if the search term is mixed language.

According to the latest census numbers, just over 20 percent of Americans are bilingual—a number that’s been on the rise for the last three decades—and the number of homes like mine with mixed language speakers is higher.