RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sharbawi, Salbrina A1 Deterding, David YR 2010 T1 Rhoticity in Brunei English JF English World-Wide VO 31 IS 2 SP 121 OP 137 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.31.2.01sha PB John Benjamins SN 0172-8865, AB We might expect Brunei English to be non-rhotic, as the Englishes of both Singapore and Malaysia are non-rhotic and Brunei has strong ethnic, historical, economic and cultural ties with those two countries. The current study compares the R-colouring of read data from female undergraduates in Brunei and Singapore, and it finds that the Brunei data is substantially more rhotic than that of Singapore. It is suggested that this is for two reasons: the main indigenous language of Brunei is Brunei Malay, which is rhotic; and Brunei English is at an earlier stage of development than Singapore English and so it is more susceptible to outside influences, particularly from American media., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/eww.31.2.01sha