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The tendency to monophthongise /ɑʊ/ and /aɪ/ to [ɐː] and [aː] respectively, are also typical features of General and Broad White South African English. General South African English features phonemic vowel length (so that ferry /ˈferiː/ and fairy /ˈfeːriː/ and possibly cot /kɒt/ and cart /kɑːt/ differ only in length) as well as ...
A small triangular pastry of Indian origin. South African spelling and pronunciation of samosa. Sangoma A traditional African healer. shame An exclamation denoting sympathy as in "shame, you poor thing, you must be cold". Also used to describe a ''cuteness factor''. sharp, shapp, shapp-shapp, pashasha, pashash
Due to English being an official language of South Africa, dialects that have contrary methods in language and pronunciation to English become isolated from the speech in that area. For instance, "it lacks the tense/lax contrast and central vowels in the mesolectal variety."
See Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries. ... Language in South Africa. Cambridge University Press.
In Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia, native English speakers, mainly the White and Coloured minority, have a similar speech pattern to that of South Africa. Those with high degrees of Germanic inflection pronounce "Zimbabwe" as zim-bah-bwi, as opposed to the African pronunciation zeem-bah-bweh.
In some words, such as laat (vb. 'let'), the pronunciation with short /a/ occurs only in colloquial language, to distinguish from homophones (laat, adj. 'late'). In some other words, such as aan 'on', the pronunciation with short /a/ is already a part of the standard language. [26] The shortening of /ɑː/ has been noted as early as 1927. [27]
Taken from the initials "S.A." as well as an informal pronunciation of the name "South Africa" (as Saf-Africa), the term refers to any South African-born person who also grew up in the country. This sometimes also extends to the South African Expats. sakkie-sakkie – Also known as the Sokkie dans, is a style of sensual Ballroom dance.
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