Editing Guttural R (section)

===Dutch and Afrikaans===
[[File:LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Afrikaans.wav|thumb|{{lang|af|Afrikaans}} in Afrikaans.]]
In modern [[Dutch language|Dutch]], quite a few different rhotic sounds are used. In [[Flanders]], the usual rhotic is an [[alveolar trill]], but the uvular rhotic {{IPA|/ʁ/}} does occur, mostly in the province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]], in [[Ghent]] and in [[Brussels]]. In the [[Netherlands]], the uvular rhotic is the dominant rhotic in the southern provinces of [[North Brabant]] and [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], having become so in the early twentieth century. In the rest of the country, the situation is more complicated. The uvular rhotic is dominant in the western agglomeration [[Randstad]], including cities like [[Rotterdam]], [[The Hague]] and [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]] (the dialect of [[Amsterdam]] conversely tends to use an alveolar rhotic, but the uvular is becoming increasingly common). The uvular rhotic is also used in some major cities such as [[Leeuwarden]] ([[Stadsfries]]). Outside of these uvular rhotic core areas, the [[alveolar trill]] is common. People learning Dutch as a foreign language also tend to use the alveolar trill because it contrasts better with the [[voiceless velar fricative]] {{IPA|/x/}} in Dutch.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} The [[Afrikaans language]] of South Africa also uses an alveolar trill for its rhotic, except in the non-urban rural regions around [[Cape Town]], chiefly in the town of [[Malmesbury, Western Cape]], where it is uvular (called a bry). Some Afrikaans speakers from other areas also bry, either as a result of ancestry from the Malmesbury region or from difficulty pronouncing the alveolar trill.