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Mostly in AAVE, and mainly in the sentence "I'on't know", e.g. here, here, here, here, and even y'on't.

However, I am not aware of which process triggered such a pronunciation.

EDIT: A related pronunciation is heard for Why don't you [tʃʊ]

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    No process triggered the pronunciation. It just is said like that.
    – Lambie
    May 20, 2020 at 15:20
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    Some Ebonics pronunciations are more unique, for instance, dropping b, d, or g at the beginning of auxiliary verbs like 'don't' and 'gonna', yielding Ah 'on know for "I don't know" and ama do it for "I'm going to do it." linguisticsociety.org/content/…
    – Lambie
    May 20, 2020 at 15:27
  • The reason? Less articulatory work. And even white AmE speakers do it and don't realize it.
    – Lambie
    May 20, 2020 at 15:34
  • @Lambie Likewise, final -v sounds are lost in many other words, such as give, but I do not know what phonological context triggers it: luh "love" as in I Luh Ya Papi
    – GJC
    May 20, 2020 at 15:50
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    Please stop saying it is "triggered". That word is very misleading. It probably occurs because it is less articulatory work to say: I'ont than I don't. To go from I to O (produce the sound!) is less effort than to go from I to a hard D. Just as in Spanish: The Andalusians (and, for example, Cubans) typically say leave out an intervocalic D: el certificao instead of el certificado.
    – Lambie
    May 20, 2020 at 15:52

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