South African English (SAfrE, SAfrEng, SAE, en-ZAen-ZA is the language code for South African English , as defined by ISO standards (see ISO 639-1 and ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) and Internet standards (see IETF language tag).) is the dialects of English spoken by South Africans, with the first language English varieties spoken by Zimbabweans, Zambians and Namibians, being recognised as offshoots.