Editing Regional accents of English (section)

====Zimbabwe====
{{main| Zimbabwean English}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2006}}
In [[Zimbabwe]], formerly [[Southern Rhodesia|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''. 

Zimbabwean accents vastly vary, with some Black Africans sounding British while others will have a much stronger accent influenced by their mother tongues. Usually, this distinction is brought about by where speakers grew up and the school attended. For example, most people who grew up in and around Harare have a British-sounding accent, while those in the rural areas have a more "pidgin-english" sort of accent.

Example of a Zimbabwean English accent ''(obtained from [http://accent.gmu.edu/ http://accent.gmu.edu])''
*[http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&speakerid=599 Shona (Primary): Female (Bulawayo)]