Colombia 8

Listen to Colombia 8, a 20-year-old woman from Toca, Boyacá, Colombia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. 

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 20

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 18/08/2003

PLACE OF BIRTH: Toca, Boyacá, Colombia

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Colombian (no specific ethnicity specified)

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: secondary education

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: none

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The factors that have impacted the subject’s speech are the accent of her English teachers and the exposure to varieties of the English language.

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RECORDED BY: subject (under supervision of Jhon Eduardo Mosquera Pérez)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/12/2023

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

All right, hello, I am 20 years old. I come from Toca. Toca is a small town surrounded by nature, mountains. It is an astounding town, um. Surrounding Toca, eh, you can find towns such as Pesca, Siachoque, Chivata.

Ah, the name of Toca is because of the Cacique, Cacique Tocavita that he inhabited Toca before the arrival of the Spaniards. I, eh, grow up in a countryside; then I had to move, uh, to Tunja City in order to start my studies at UPTC University.

Right now I am really overjoyed and ecstatic for this opportunity, eh, to contribute, ah, to the communities and to expand my, eh, knowledge. Thank you so much.

TRANSCRIBED BY: subject (under supervision of Jhon Eduardo Mosquera Pérez)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/12/2023

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