Kazakhstan 4

Listen to Kazakhstan 4, a 28-year-old woman from Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 28

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/03/1992

PLACE OF BIRTH: Aktobe, Kazakhstan

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Tatar

OCCUPATION: music teacher

EDUCATION: higher

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject spent all her formative years (until the age of 19) in Kazakhstan, including her hometown of Aktobe and also the town of Almaty, the nation’s largest city (for about seven months). But she also lived in Saratov, Russia, for five years and Amsterdam, Netherlands, for three.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject’s main language is Russian, but she studied Kazakh. She watches English TV shows all the time.

The text used in our recordings of scripted speech can be found by clicking here.

RECORDED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/01/2021

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I’m 28 years old. I was born in Kazakhstan, Aktobe in 1992. I studied English in my kindergarten and in gymnasium. Later I studied in musical college and conservatory. After graduation, I moved to Amsterdam, and I still live here. Today is my third Christmas in the Netherlands.

I am musical teacher. I teach solfeggio, history of music, theory of music. I like reading books, watching TV shows in English; it improved my knowledge a lot. Also I have had English lessons for a half of a year already, and I’m happy because now my grammar is not based on intuition anymore!

[The subject speaks Russian]: мой основной язык – это русский. Aaa, я прожила практически большую часть своей жизни в Казахстане, 19 лет. Потом я жила 5 лет в Саратове и вот последние 3 года я живу в Амстердаме, где люди вокруг разговаривают в основном на английском. Спасибо за внимание, до новых встреч!

[Transliteration: Moi osnovnoy yazyk eto Russkiy. Aah, ya prozhila prakticheski bolshuyu chast’ svoey zhyzni v Kazakhstane, 19 let. Potom ya zhila 5 let v Saratove ih vot poslednie 3 goda ya zhivu v Amsterdame, gde lyudi vokrug razgovarivayut v osnovnom na angliyskom. Spasibo za vnimanie, do novykh vstrech!

English translation: My main language is Russian. Aah, I lived practically most of my life in Kazakhstan, for 19 years. Then I lived for five years in Saratov, and for the last three years I have been living in Amsterdam, where people around me speak mainly English. Thank you for your attention. See you soon!]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/01/2021

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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