Complex sentence: It was distinguished from Jersey Dutch by pronunciation and grammar, reflecting African linguistic retentions, e.g. an overall decline in inflection, apparently including a loss of past tense verb forms, due to isolation from other Dutch speakers and contact with English-speaking settlers.
Split into simpler sentences: It was distinguished from Jersey Dutch by pronunciation and grammar, reflecting African linguistic retentions. In the latter, there is an overall decline in inflection, apparently including a loss of past tense verb forms, due to isolation from other Dutch speakers and contact with English-speaking settlers.