Editing South African English (section)

=== Phonology ===
BSAE emerged from the influence of local native languages on the British English variety often taught in South African schools. After dispersing BSAE has been seen as three distinct subvarieties: the basilect, mesolect, and acrolect. Not much has yet been studied on the subvarieties of BSAE, and the distinctions between them are not yet fully defined. However, there are some notable pronunciation differences in the [[mesolect]] and [[acrolect]].<ref name=":12">{{Citation |title=Black South African English: phonology |date=2008-03-18 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110208429.1.177 |work=Africa, South and Southeast Asia |pages=177–187 |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |doi=10.1515/9783110208429.1.177 |isbn=9783110208429 |access-date=2022-10-18}}</ref>

The vowels in BSAE can be realised as five key phonemes: /i/, pronounced in words like "FLEECE" or KIT, /u/ in "FOOT" or "GOOSE", /ɛ/ in "TRAP", "DRESS", or "NURSE", /ɔ/ in LOT or FORCE, and /a/ as in CAR. /i/ may occasionally be pronounced [ɪ] in the acrolectal variety, though there is no consistent change among speakers. One difference in the acrolect in comparison to the mesolect is that it often uses [ʌ] in place of [a].<ref name=":12" />

In addition, many vowels that are normally diphthongs in most varieties are monophthongs in BSAE. For example, "FACE" in General White SAE is typically pronounced as /feɪs/, but in BSAE is typically pronounced /fɛs/.<ref name=":12" />