East African English
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East African English is a regional variety of English spoken across countries in East Africa, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and influences from local languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East African English canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect of English
ⓘ
regional variety of English ⓘ |
| basedOn | British English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
American English in vocabulary and pronunciation
ⓘ
Received Pronunciation in phonology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinctive pronunciation
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distinctive vocabulary ⓘ influence of local grammatical patterns on English structures ⓘ influence of local tone patterns on intonation ⓘ loanwords from local languages ⓘ localized idioms and expressions ⓘ non-rhotic pronunciation in most speakers ⓘ simplified consonant clusters for some speakers ⓘ use of English alongside code-switching with local languages ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Kiswahili-based Sheng
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Luganda NERFINISHED ⓘ Nilotic languages ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ local Bantu languages ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | British colonial presence in East Africa ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
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surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| orthography | Latin script ⓘ |
| regionallyVaries |
rural East African English
ⓘ
urban East African English ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kenyan English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanzanian English NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugandan English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burundi
NERFINISHED
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East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | lingua franca in parts of East Africa ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Germanic languages
NERFINISHED
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West Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
first language by a minority of speakers
ⓘ
second language by many speakers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
business communication in East Africa
ⓘ
education in many East African countries ⓘ government administration in East Africa ⓘ media in East Africa ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.