An acoustic-phonetic study of retraction of /s/ in Moroccan Dutch and endogenous Dutch

In Moroccan Dutch, /s/ has been claimed to be pronounced as retracted [s] (towards /ʃ/) in certain consonant clusters. Recently, s-pronunciation also attested endogenous Dutch. We tested empirically whether Dutch is indeed more than relevant Additionally, we the inter-speaker variation of smaller between speakers speakers, expected if retraction would used identity marker in-group conversations The realizations 21 young, male and were analyzed. Analyses spectral centre gravity (CoG) show that both groups had pronunciations typically retracting contexts non-retracting contexts. However, higher CoG refuting stronger speakers. was larger endogenous-Dutch usage a group marker.