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Set of English dialects native to South Africans
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South African English
Region
South Africa
Ethnicity
South Africans
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
North Sea Germanic
Anglo-Frisian
Anglic
English
British English
South African English
Early forms
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Germanic
Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
19th century British English
Writing system
Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille
Official status
Official language in
South Africa
Regulated by
English Academy of Southern Africa
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Glottolog
sout3331
IETF
en-ZA
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South African English (SAfrE, SAfrEng, SAE, en-ZA)[a] is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans.
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