Editing South African English (section)

==== Vowels ====
* [[Allophonic]] variation in the {{sc2|KIT}} vowel (from Wells' 1982 [[lexical set]]s). In some contexts, such as after {{IPAslink|h}}, the KIT vowel is pronounced {{IPAblink|ɪ}}; before [[tautosyllabic]] {{IPAslink|l}} it is pronounced {{IPAblink|ɤ}}; and in other contexts it is pronounced {{IPAblink|ə}}.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Bekker |first=Ian |date=1 January 2012 |title=The story of South African English: A brief linguistic overview |url=https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/latic/article/view/2722 |via=eJournals |journal=International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication |volume=1 |pages=139–150 |doi=10.12681/ijltic.16 |issn=2241-7214 |doi-access=free}}</ref> This feature is not present in Conservative SAE, and may have resulted from a vocalic [[chain shift]] in White SAE.<ref name=":0" /> 
* Pronunciation of the {{sc2|FLEECE}} vowel with the long monophthongal {{IPAblink|iː}}. In contrast, other Southern Hemisphere Englishes like [[Australian English]] and [[New Zealand English]] have diphthongised {{sc2|FLEECE}} ({{IPA|[ɪi ~ əi]}}).<ref name=":3" />
* Back {{sc2|PALM}}, with lip rounding in the broader dialects ({{IPAblink|ɑː}} or {{IPAblink|ɒː}}). This differs from Australian English and New Zealand English, which have central {{IPAblink|aː}} instead.<ref name=":3" />
* The [[trap-bath split]], as in New Zealand English and partially also Australian English.<ref name=":0" /> 
* {{sc2|LOT}} is short, open, weakly rounded, and centralised, around {{IPA|[ɒ̽]}}.<ref name=":0" /> 
* {{sc2|FOOT}} is short, half-closed back and centralised, around {{IPAblink|ʊ}}.<ref name=":0" /> 
* {{sc2|NURSE}} tends to resemble the Received Pronunciation non-rhotic {{IPAblink|ɜː}} among Conservative SAE speakers, while the vowel is front, half-close, centralised {{IPAblink|øː}} in other varieties.<ref name=":0" />