Sri Lanka 5

Listen to Sri Lanka 5, a 40-year-old man from Nugegoda, Sri Lanka (near Colombo). Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 40

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/01/1983

PLACE OF BIRTH: Nugegoda, Sri Lanka (near Colombo)

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Sinhalese

OCCUPATION: Financial Analyst

EDUCATION: Bachelor

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

The subject has lived for more than six months in the following places: United Arab Emirates, Toronto, and New York.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject has a keen interest in public speaking.

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

RECORDED BY: Paul Meier

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/08/2023

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 was born in Sri Lanka, er, in in a place called Nugegoda, just outside Colombo. I lived in Sri Lanka for the first 20 years of my life. When I was around 15, my father came to my grandparents’ place one day; I was watching TV at the time. And, uh, he said I applied to migrate to Australia and Canada. And by the time I was around 16, the Canadian application went through and we were accepted to move to Toronto, so we did move to Toronto when I was around 16. At the time, I was heavily involved in rugby in Sri Lanka and, uh, at my school, and, and, which that was my dre — my dream was to play for my school team, uh, first 15 team, so my parents, my sister, and I moved to Sri Lan — ah, moved to Toronto when I was around 16, but I said I want to come back to Sri Lanka and finish out my my rugby and also my high school in Sri Lanka, which was very important to me at the time. Ah, I think that was one of the best things I’ve ever done. None, ah, shaped my life a certain way and, uh, there are no regrets in doing that; and during that time I was, uh, during the time in Sri Lanka, ah, I, I lived with my my grandparents and my uncle, who were very dear to me and took care of me very very well like they I was their own child.

[The subject then sings the first verse of the Sri Lankan national anthem. Sinhalese transcription]:

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා
නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා
සුන්දර සිරිබරිනී
සුරැඳි අති සෝබමාන ලංකා
ධාන්‍ය ධනය නෙක
මල් පලතුරු පිරි ජය භුමිය රම්‍යා
අප හට සැප සිරි සෙත සදනා
ජීවනයේ මාතා
පිළිගනු මැන අප භක්තී පූජා
නමෝ නමෝ මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා
නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා

[Transliteration into Roman alphabet]:

Śrī laṁkā mātā, apa Śrī laṁkā
Namō namō namō namō mātā
Sundara siribarinī
Suræn̆di ati sōbamāna laṁkā
Dhānya dhanaya neka
Mal palaturu piri jaya bhumiya ramyā
Apa haṭa sæpa siri seta sadanā
Jīvanayē mātā
Piḷiganu mæna apa bhaktī pūjā
Namō namō mātā, apa Śrī laṁkā
Namō namō namō namō mātā

[English translation]:

Thou Mother Lanka,
Oh Mother Lanka we salute, salute, salute, salute Thee!
Plenteous in prosperity, Thou,
Beauteous in grace and love,
Laden with grain and luscious fruit,
And fragrant flowers of radiant hue,
Giver of life and all good things,
Our land of joy and victory,
Receive our grateful praise sublime, we worship, worship Thee.
Oh Mother Lanka! We salute, salute, salute, salute Thee!

[If you are unable to view the above text, click here for a Sinhalese transcription, transliteration into the Roman alphabet, translation into English, and phonetic transcription.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Paul Meier and Wikipedia

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/08/2023

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: 

[Phonetic transcription of the Sri Lankan national anthem]:

[sriː laŋ.kaː maː.taː | a.pə sriː laŋ.kaː] [na.moː na.moː na.moː na.moː maː.taː] [sun.də.rə si.ri.ba.ri.niː] [su.ræ.ⁿdi a.ti soː.bə.maː.nə laŋ.kaː] [dʱaː.njə dʱa.nə.jə ne.kə] [mal pa.lə.tu.ru pi.ri d͡ʒa.jə bʱu.mi.jə ram.jaː] [a.pə ha.ʈə sæ.pə si.ri se.tə sa.də.naː] [d͡ʒiː.ʋə.nə.jeː maː.taː] [pi.ɭi.ga.nu mæ.nə a.pə bʱak.tiː puː.d͡ʒaː] [na.moː na.moː maː.taː | a.pə sriː laŋ.kaː] [na.moː na.moː na.moː na.moː maː.taː]

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TRANSCRIBED BY:Paul Meier and Wikipedia

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY):08/08/2023

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

COMMENTARY BY: N/A

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

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