Dialects and Accents of Poland
The archive provides:
In a small number of cases, you will also find a narrow phonetic transcription of the sample (see Phonetic Transcriptions for a complete list).
The recordings average four minutes in length and feature both the reading of one of two standard passages, and some unscripted speech. The two passages, Comma Gets a Cure (currently our standard passage), and The Rainbow Passage (used in our earliest recordings), may be accessed from the menu bar to your right.
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If you are interested in specific information about Poland, please go to Yahoo's website at dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Poland/
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Dialect Samples
To properly play a sound sample, you may first need to save it to your own computer. To do so, right-click on the desired sample and save it. A high-speed connection to the internet may allow you to play the file simply by clicking it.| Sound Sample | Basic Information | Text Files |
|---|---|---|
| Poland One | Male, Engineer, born and raised in Warsaw, 1956 | Poland One |
| Poland Two | Female, conservation architect, born and raised in Warsaw, 1959 | Poland Two |
| Poland Three | Female, born 1961 and raised in Zielona Gora, Poland. US resident for 19 years at time of interview | Poland Three |
| Poland Four | Female, born Ukraine, lived Australia 15 years prior to recording | Poland Four |
| Poland Five | male, 60, lived 20 years in Australia prior to recording | Poland Five |