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Which part of the world do you think my accent is from?

TheBellJar11
I'm just curious, a couple years ago I spent so much time and effort working on "minimizing my accent" it was basically more focused on trying to make my pronunciation clearer and easier to understand. Once I reached that goal I stopped trying to actively get rid of my first language's influence on my speech. I focused more on practicing a lot and learning to have good conversations. But now I'm starting to feel a little self-conscious again that my English is too bad for someone who's been learning it for so long. I try to remind myself that it's normal though This is me reading paragraph from a book (I might sound a bit nasally but that's probably because I'm a little sick not an aspect of my accent), I know obviously I sound like a non-native speaker, I wonder if it's easy to pinpoint my native language/ region. https://voca.ro/1hvo4prUw7ZC If you are a native English speaker/someone interested in accents and pronunciation, although I'm aware that I don't sound like I grew up speaking English I can't figure out exactly what my problem areas are. What are the letters /sounds that give it away? It was much easier to work on my weaknesses at the beginning because they were a lot more prominent. This audio might be too short to know all the weaknesses but I appreciate any feedback:)

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SpanishLearnerUSA
I don't know where you are from, but your accent is not strong. It is subtle. It is very easy to understand you. I have lived outside New York City my entire life, and I can't recall meeting anyone who moved here and completely eradicated their accent. In fact, I usually can tell when someone was born here but grew up in a house where two languages were spoken. So, if you enjoy working on your pronunciation, that's fine....but it isn't necessary. You sound great!
Silver-Honeydew-2106
Once you said “are you criticizing yourself for this too?” I knew you were from Middle East, may be Iran?
jamaicancarioca
Hong Kong or Singapore?
velvetcoke222
are you from the levant region?
PrincessaLinda
Yes, you have an accent, but it's perfectly comprehensible, and in my opinion, quite lovely. Please don't focus on removing your accent, unless you think that will truly make you happy. But there's nothing wrong with having an accent if you are able to be understood effortlessly. As for where you are from, my first guess was Asian, maybe Vietnam, but then my second guess was eastern Europe!
NOWAY_o
I guess you are a vietnamese or Indonesian
blasphemousturtle88
Are you Ethiopian? 
artemiodelrey
well maybe s-e asia??