pronunciation

[Loiks]

Could anyone provide an overview of Afrikaans pronunciation?

Dankie!

[Siegel]

Do you mean of each letter? consonants and vowels? Why won't you just google it....

[Steli]

http://web.sois.uwm.edu/AFR101/Document/index.asp?Parent=5165

It's not exactly an overview, but I think that will help you.

[Loiks]

Ok, thanks. But what would help me the most would be to see what is different from Dutch (standard, not dialects) pronunciation.

[Steli]

Hm, I'm not an expert for Dutch pronounciation, but I think at least the consonants are pronounced (almost) identical, except for the r which is more like the Spanish r (at least that's what I read)

The pronounciation of the vowels is somwhat different and seems to differ from dialect to dialect also.
Most striking in my opinion is that ee and oo (or e and o in open syllables) are almost pronounced as in English (they are diphtongs ending in a schwa actually, but at least I don't hear it always). And the short i is pronounced more like a e.

But as I said, I'm not an expert for both pronounciation. Just listen to the sound files I linked you to, that should make the matter clear.

[Loiks]

Yes, I kind of noticed myself that ee is like i with schwa and oo like u with schwa, while in Dutch they are more like [ei], [ou]. Also ui: in Afrikaans it seems to be [æi] while in Dutch it is [æy]. Also I doubt about uu: is [y] or [i]?