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Performance of a song entitled "Hashki"

Description: Recording of Farman Khan and a group singing the traditional song "Hashki," in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
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Date: June 19, 2010
Duration: 5 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a song entitled "Bor Bor"

Description: Recording of Farman Khan and a Group reciting "Bor Bor," a popular folk song in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
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Date: June 19, 2010
Duration: 10 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem entitled "Poetry Lesson for the Younger Generation"

Description: Recording of Bulbul-e-Yasin reciting "Poetry Lesson for the Younger Generation," in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
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Date: June 13, 2010
Duration: 4 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Baadsha Zulqarneen

Description: Recording of Badshahi Khan, a farmer, reciting "King Zulqarneen," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that followed Islam to the area, and the King represents a barrier from the apocalypse.
Date: May 12, 2010
Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Elicitation of positional adverbs

Description: Recording of an elicitation of positional adverbs based on English words and sentences used as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: September 27, 2019
Duration: 10 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Elicitation of adverbial clauses

Description: This is a recording of an elicitation of adverbial clauses in Mankiyali based on English sentences used as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: November 15, 2019
Duration: 17 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Elicitation of names of insects

Description: Recording of an elicitation of words for insects, etc. The native speaker consultant, Aurangzeb, provides the English prompt while both Aurangzeb and Mohammad Suleman provide the Mankiyali singular and plural forms. Muhammad Suleman is a male teacher who is 36 years old at the time of recording.
Date: January 17, 2021
Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Conversation about Burushaski storytelling

Description: Recording of Ghulam Hassan discussing the tradition of storytelling in Hunza culture.
Date: June 6, 2010
Duration: 6 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Dana Wazir

Description: Recording of Hasil Murad reciting "Dana Wazir," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: May 30, 2010
Duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Conversation about Burushaski words

Description: Recording of Gul Nadir Khan and Wazir Khan having a conversation in the Yasin dialect about words in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 12, 2010
Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Conversation about the history of music

Description: Recording of Ali Murad Khan discussing the history of local music. In this recording, which is in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski, Khan talks about the life of musicians.
Date: June 19, 2010
Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Performance of a song entitled "Bor Bor"

Description: Recording of Qimat Shah and a group reciting "Bor Bor," a popular song in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. This song is sung as a tradition of the Yasin Burushos.
Date: July 27, 2010
Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Sartaj Bibi

Description: Recording of a personal narrative of Sartaj Bibi (23-year old housewife). In this narrative, Sartaj Bibi gives an account of her routine work schedule on a typical day as a housewife.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of nominative pronouns

Description: Recording of an elicitation of nominative (subject) pronouns in Mankiyali using English sentences as prompts. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: September 20, 2019
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Mortensen, Jessica
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of mass nouns

Description: Recording of an elicitation of mass nouns in Mankiyali. Some of the words covered include water, milk, rice, hay, tea, and grass. The contributor is Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher.
Date: November 5, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Dale, Merrion
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words with open long syllables (1)

Description: Recording of This is an elicitation of words with open long syllables (CVV) in different positions. The purpose is to determine the relative weight of open long syllables for primary word stress placement. Ali Khan is a male teacher who is 31 years old at the time of recording.
Date: April 19, 2021
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words with closed long syllables

Description: Recording of an elicitation of words with closed long syllables (CVVC) in different positions. The purpose is to determine the relative weight of closed long syllables for primary word stress placement. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: April 29, 2021
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words comprised of syllables with equal weight (2)

Description: Recording of an elicitation of words comprised of syllables with equal weight. The purpose is to determine the default primary stress position in Mankiyali when syllable weight is not a factor. The contributor is Atta-Ur Rehman. a 37-year old male teacher.
Date: May 16, 2021
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem entitled "Burushaski Saqafat" by Irfan Jan

Description: Recording of Irfan Jan reciting "Burushaski Saqafat," or a poem on Burushaski. The poem is recited in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
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Date: June 13, 2010
Duration: 4 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of numerals

Description: Recording of an elicitation of numerals, including numbers 1-25, 30, 40, etc. as well as ordinal numbers first, second, third. etc. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: December 17, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Shah, Midhat
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue about the cruelty of a former ruler of Tanawal

Description: Recording of a historical narrative about the cruelty of a former ruler of a small (erstwhile) state called Amb State or Tanawal. The contributor is Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher from Danna.
Date: November 26, 2019
Duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue about a cruel Nawab and a daring escape

Description: Recording of a historical narrative about one of the ancestors of the speaker/narrator who was attempting to escape the cruel oppression of the ruling Nawab of his time. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: November 26, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of grammatical mood

Description: Recording of an elicitation of grammatical mood in Mankiyali, including declarative, interrogative, imperative, and subjunctive sentences. The contributor is Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher.
Date: December 9, 2019
Duration: 14 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
Partner: UNT College of Information
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