Datapoint Indian South African English/Levelling of past tense/past participle verb forms: past participle replacing the past tense form

Variety: Indian South African English
Feature: Levelling of past tense/past participle verb forms: past participle replacing the past tense form
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Rajend Mesthrie

Examples

Example 3538:
I been there
Example 3539:
I seen it.