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Personal narrative of Sultan Khan

Description: In this monologue Sultan Khan (a 54-year old male driver) recollects his childhood memories when he was studying in class 8th. He narrates how he once fled from home to Sargodha and then to Lahore with a friend, and about the subsequent events. The other speakers in this recording are Muhammad Rafiq (a 28-year old male) and Muhammad Mushtaq (a 25-year old male).
Date: July 15, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story about "Unity is Strength"

Description: This is a traditional story about a king who teaches his sons that unity is strength. He explains that one person by himself, just like one stick, can be broken easily, but many people together, like many sticks, cannot be so easily broken. Aurangzeb (born 1985) told the story while Gohar Rehman, born 1981, listened.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 2 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of a man and his cunning wife

Description: Recording of a traditional narrative where a cunning wife puts her husband to test by pretending to be ill all the time. The husband uses all possible means to cure her but to no avail. He then asks his wife to suggest what else he could do to cure her. She asks him to disgrace his mother. He disgraces her mother instead. His wife is shocked to see this. However, he responds to her saying that he did what she had asked him to do in order to cure her illness. The narrator Abdul Qayum (a 60-year … more
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 2 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about life in village Danna in the olden days

Description: This is a conversation between Abdul Haq (a 29-year old male teacher) and Abdul Qayum (a 60-year old male) about life in village Danna in the olden days.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 11 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about high school memories, part 1

Description: Recording of a conversation between Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38 year old male shop owner) in which Aurangzeb talks to Gohar about their memories in high school. Aurangzeb recalls a student who once brought apricot fruits to the class and threw them on the floor. When the teacher entered the class, he slipped on one of the apricots and consequently punished the student. The speakers also recall several other stories/events in this session.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about childhood activities

Description: Recording of a conversation about some childhood activities in Danna. The speakers recount their memories about playing, going to school, and other activities. Muhammad Rafiq is a male teacher who is 29 years old at the time of recording. Abdul Haq is a male factory worker who is 28 years old at the time of recording.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about high school memories, part 2

Description: This is a conversation between Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male) and Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male). In this conversation, Gohar-ur Rehman talks about his memories in high school. He recalls an incident when a student was punished by a teacher on the road. The speakers also recall several other events in this session.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of a love story about Yusuf Khan and Sher Bano

Description: This is a retelling of a love story of Yousaf Khan and Sher Bano by Ghulam Sarvar (a 70-year old male). Abdul Qayoum (a 60-year old male) is the listener in this recording. Native speakers Naik Muhammad and Aurangzeb are also present.
Date: July 13, 2019
Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 1

Description: This is a retelling of a story about an evil man (a king/prince) who used to get married and then kill his wives. Eventually, he married a very wise girl, and she used her wisdom to make him a gentle man. In this recording, the narrator Abdul Qayum (a 59-year old male factory worker) is addressing Alam Zeb (a 32-year old male teacher).
Date: July 13, 2019
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about a princess

Description: This is the retelling of a traditional story about a princess narrated by the native speaker Ghulam Sarvar, and the native speaker Abdul Qayum was the listener.
Date: July 13, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue on getting water from the tap

Description: This monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 36-year old male teacher) is about a story of a man who was visiting a village and saw people getting water from a tap in the wall. He returned to his own village and eagerly explained that he discovered a new way to get water that was much easier than their traditional way. He bought the supplies and installed the tap in the wall, but no water came out. One of his fellow villagers explained to him that, in order for the tap to work, one must install a pipe f… more
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem about a religious missionary group

Description: Recording of a performance of a poem about a religious missionary group who pray often and teach people about the benefits of religious practices. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem about the Judgement Day

Description: This is a performance of a poem that warns about the brevity of life and the imminent arrival of the Judgement Day. Existence, including life, is ephemeral, so we would do better to prepare for the grave than pile up riches and seek pleasure in this life. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative by Muhammad Suleman

Description: In this conversation with Atta-Ur Rehman, Muhammad Suleman recounts the personal experiences of his first ever journey to the Chitral district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where he attended a workshop on orthography and conservation of regional languages of Pakistan organized by the Project Director, Dr. Sadaf Munshi, in collaboration with the Forum for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (Pakistan).
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a prayer to god

Description: This poem is a prayer to god by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male).
Date: March 12, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem about a happy life

Description: This is a poem by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male). In this poem he says that the whole world is like our home, we should live a happy life by co-operating with each other.
Date: March 10, 2019
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Muhammad Awaiz

Description: Recording of a personal narrative by Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male) in which the speaker talks about the economic hardships he endured as a student up until high school. He then moved to a far off big city in search of a job. There, he acquired a government job which helped him improve his financial situation. In this light, he reiterates his resolve to provide his children better education and better opportunities.
Date: March 10, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of poems about FLI and an itinerant merchant

Description: These are two small poems by Muhammad Aslam (a 37-year old male). The first one is about FLI (Forum for Language Initiatives); the second one is about a traditional man who brings some stuff to sell.
Date: February 9, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story about two brothers

Description: Recording of a story about two brothers in which the elder brother used to oppress the younger brother. The younger brother, by chance, found a magical handmill which made him rich by producing everything that he would demand. The elder brother tried to steal this magical handmill and by his own stupidity and greed he killed himself and also drowned the mill in the river. The contributor Nargis Bibi is a 38-year old housewife.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 2 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 2

Description: This is a traditional story about a savage prince who used to marry women and kill them afterwards without any apparent reason. Eventually, he got married to a wise woman who gave him a lesson and turned him into a gentleman. Nargis Bibi is a housewife who is 38 years old at the time of recording.
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue on hardships of ancestors and the ease of current life

Description: Recording of a monologue about the hardship of a woman's ancestors before they had electricity and other advanced facilities. She notes that her people are lazy and lack unity now that they have commodities, but her ancestors were strong. The speaker is Nargis Bibi (a 40-year old housewife).
Date: February 8, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information
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