Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/No inversion/no auxiliaries in wh-questions

Variety: Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature: No inversion/no auxiliaries in wh-questions
Value: C - feature exists, but is extremely rare
Informants: Alexander Kautzsch

Examples

Example 1336:
I said, "Now, what you want?"… "What [zero-copula] you goin' do?"

Source: Hyatt 1970-1978: 4171