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The South African accent has a much stronger Dutch influence (from Afrikaans), despite the language being English.
by scoot 7y ago
The South African accent has a much stronger Dutch influence (from Afrikaans), despite the language being English.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoNot quite that simple. Yes, SA English follows after certain features of Afrikaans, but some of those Afrikaans features were local innovations, not brought from the Netherlands (centralization of /i/ is one example).
- scoot 7y agoHence "influence".
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoMy point is that that influence is not necessarily Dutch if the features in question happened in Afrikaans only after its arrival on the Cape.
- flipchart 7y agoThat's only one of the English accents in SA. There are many others including an RP-like accent (which I and my friends use), the Cape Coloured accent, and the accent which most of the country's people use (as seen initially in this video https://youtu.be/KfIvbVLuCh8?t=3 https://youtu.be/KfIvbVLuCh8?t=3)