Pakistani Dialects of English

Recorded by Krista Scott. Running time 00:05:42.

Transcription of Unscripted Speech

I am from uh, Pakistan, uh, that is uh, I was born in a small village, uh called Ismaila. It's uh,
village which is uh, north--uh, west off of Peshawar, Peshawar is the big city in Pakistan. Uh, it's
uh, like middle of the state, or the province we call it in the NWFP. It's close to the border of {??}
Uh...I went to school in the village, which was a small village, there around 3-4,000 people in the
village, uh...and the school was uh, {???} base, uh, so there was uh, no English 'till I was in the
seventh grade, that was the first time I heard the word "ABC." The area where I come from, it's
uh, the northern part of Pakistan which is very hilly area, uh, actually, our village is in the base of
a mountain range uh, and the mountains are uh, very rocky mountains, and uh, they are dry,
there are maybe a few trees on them uh, and the whether is uh, tropical climate, but so, very hot
in the summer goes to like 46 degrees centigrade, and in winter *chuckles* in winter, it's always
chilly, especially in December and January. We don't get much snow in my part of the area, a
little up north on the hills we get snow in winters. Uh, and we also get some uh spring but the
most worst is summer, which starts early, usually in May, and goes up to August or September,
and uh, it's very humid, and uh, you don't want to be there *laughs* I like it here much better
especially since the Afghanistan crisis I think much safer and better over here than going back
there. So yeah, because my uh..uh, the village I come from it's closer to Afghanistan, Kabul is uh,
like 74 miles from Peshawar...so, we had a lot of uh, refugees there and other things are different
there. Yeah, but still..I miss my friends. The {?}, and the Peshawar, or in my part kebab, uh,
especially Chapli Kebabs. They are very famous and that's like um, our main uh, dish. There is
actually a place in the city called Namak Mandi, all they do is cook meat, all kinds of beef, goat,
and you ask--you ask and they will make it for you, and uh, maybe it's not so good because they
are so rich in oil and cholesterol *laughs* but it's something to, it's fun to eat there.

Unscripted Speech Transcribed by Faith Harvey 27 February 2008

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Age: 25
Date of Birth: 1985
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Pakistani
Occupation: Student
Educational Level: In school for a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering

INFLUENCES ON SPEECH
He has lived in Karachi, Pakistan most of his life, and then moved to Minnesota before coming to
Lawrence, Kansas.

TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH

I was born in Karachi,Pakistan. Karachi is uh ... is the largest city of Pakistan, it’s a metropolis
with a population of about 20 million people. My country is one-sixty million. And um I was grown
in um … kind of conservative ah, family so, uh, I was taught religious values as well as umm …
modern schooling was also done so I went to a uh English medium school. And uh from
beginning we were taught English, Urdu, the two languages and uh math and all the … and the
science subjects came later on in seventh and eighth grades and uh I did my high schooling,
middle school/high schooling in Karachi and I moved to US for college and uh got my bachelor’s
degree in Minnesota, and this is my masters degree. And most of my friends are from there. I
have also friends at school, mostly those whom I work with in my research, and mostly the people
who I know from classes.

SAMPLE RECORDED, SPEECH TRANSCRIBED, AND NOTES WRITTEN BY MATTHEW

CROOKS ON May 5, 2008