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    South African English has developed distinct pronunciations due to apartheid policies that separated communities until the 1990s. It is non-rhotic like most other varieties of English except for pre-vocalic and intervocalic /r/, which has a fricative quality. Vowels are more forward in the mouth than in British English. South African English is sometimes confused with Australian and New Zealand English due to shared pronunciations of vowels like the centralization of /I/ to sound like /ʌ/. While apartheid influenced pronunciation differences, a post-apartheid identity has emerged taking pride in the variations of South African English.

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    South African English has developed distinct pronunciations due to apartheid policies that separated communities until the 1990s. It is non-rhotic like most other varieties of English except for pre-vocalic and intervocalic /r/, which has a fricative quality. Vowels are more forward in the mouth than in British English. South African English is sometimes confused with Australian and New Zealand English due to shared pronunciations of vowels like the centralization of /I/ to sound like /ʌ/. While apartheid influenced pronunciation differences, a post-apartheid identity has emerged taking pride in the variations of South African English.

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    South African English has developed distinct pronunciations due to apartheid policies that separated communities until the 1990s. It is non-rhotic like most other varieties of English except for pre-vocalic and intervocalic /r/, which has a fricative quality. Vowels are more forward in the mouth than in British English. South African English is sometimes confused with Australian and New Zealand English due to shared pronunciations of vowels like the centralization of /I/ to sound like /ʌ/. While apartheid influenced pronunciation differences, a post-apartheid identity has emerged taking pride in the variations of South African English.

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    South African English

    Колесникова В. и
    Афирдиев К.  ИЯ-85
    •The pronunciations given are those
    in use among educated urban
    speakers of standard English in
    South Africa, broadly
    corresponding to the form often
    described as ‘General White South
    African English’.
    History
    As a result of apartheid, there is no single, reasonably
    uniform South African English accent. With some
    exceptions, communities lived and were educated
    separately according to ethnic background until the
    1990s.
    But things are changing: with urban children of all
    backgrounds now being educated together, ethnically
    determined differences in South African English are
    tending to break down.
    Pronunciation

    •South African is non-rhotic,


    that is, there is no /r/ in post-
    vocalic position.The pre-
    vocalic and intervocalic /r/
    sound is more of a fricative
    (more noise) than the
    approximant type found in
    most other kinds of English.
    New Zealand English and South African English 

    The South African English of English-speakers is often confused with Australian or


    New Zealand English. There are some common characteristics: New Zealand English
    and South African English both centralize the /I/ vowel, saying ‘pin’ as what sounds
    like ‘pun’ (while Australians tend towards ‘peen’). All three varieties pronounce
    other vowels further forward in the mouth than British speakers, so ‘penny’ sounds
    like ‘pinny’, ‘bad’ like ‘bed’, and ‘bed’ like ‘bid’. Unlike in British English, South
    African English consonants are pronounced crisply: glottal stops, as in ‘bu’er’ for
    ‘butter’, are not common.
    Examples
    1.When somebody refers to a connection, it’s a friend or a mate.
    //wen ʹsʌmbɒdi rəʹfɜːz tu ə kəʹnekʃən/əts ə frend ɔː ə məɪt// 
    The pronunciation of refers is /rəʹfɜːz/ and it's is /əts/. Thus RP /ɪ/ is normally realized as /ə/ in
    South African English (SAE).
    2.When they ask you to stop at the next robot, they mean stop at the next traffic lights.
    //wen ðəɪ ɑːsk ju to stɒp ət ðə nekst ʹrəʊbɒt/ðəɪ miːn stɒp ət ðə nekst ʹtræfɪk laɪts// 
    The pronunciation of ask is long in contrast with Northern British English and Genearl American
    English.
    3.A tin of beans.
    //əɪ tən əv biːnz/ 
    The /ə/ pronunciation of tin is characteristic of SAE.
    4.When is the bus due?
    //wen əz ðə bʌs djuː/ 
    In the word due we have a /j/ like RP and unlike General American English.
    5.The toy train is cracked.
    //ðə tɔɪ trəɪn əz krækt// 
    In the word cracked we have an example of fricative "r" and the  diphthong /əɪ/ which is
    pronounced /eɪ/ in RP.
    To sum up

    Amongst English-speakers there is a range of pronunciation from educated ‘RP South African English’
    to strongly accented South African English. Until about the 1970s, the British standard was viewed as
    the acme. But the variations in accent have come into their own with a growth in consciousness of,
    and pride in, South Africanism — local music, local products, local words, and local accents. The
    phrase ‘local is nice sums this up.
    Sources
    • 
    1.https://www.uv.es/anglotic/accents_of_english/03/examples_of_so
    uth_african_english.html
    • 2.
    https://public.oed.com/how-to-use-the-oed/key-to-pronunciation/pr
    onunciations-for-world-englishes/key-to-pronunciation-south-african-
    english/
    • 3.https://www.lexico.com/en/grammar/key-to-pronunciation

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