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South African English

South African English proper noun: a dialect of English spoken in South Africa and in neighbouring countries.

Proper noun

South African English

  1. A dialect of English spoken in South Africa and in neighbouring countries.

Questions about South African English

What does South African English mean?
South African English means a dialect of English spoken in South Africa and in neighbouring countries.
What part of speech is South African English?
South African English is a proper noun.

Words near South African English in the dictionary

  1. South Acre
  2. South Acton
  3. South Aegean
  4. South Africa
  5. South African
  6. South African English
  7. South African ostrich
  8. South African Republic
  9. South African Sign Language
  10. South African springhare
  11. South African springhares

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Adapted from Wiktionary: South African English (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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