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Story of "King and The Old Woman" by Ramzan Ali

Description: Recording of Ramzan Ali reciting the story "Baadshaah ke Jaṭkus," (King and The Old Woman) in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story a king is widowed, so his sons go find him a new bride. When she gives birth to a child, a wise woman comes to tell her that her baby will rule the Kingdom, not the two elder sons.
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Date: June 26, 2010
Duration: 38 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Ali, Ramazan
Partner: UNT College of Information

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

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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Discussion about riddles

Description: Recording of Gul Nasreen and Farida Bibi discussing mixed riddles in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: May 25, 2010
Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Performance of situational jokes

Description: Recording of Laila Khan reciting a series of situational jokes in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: May 29, 2010
Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Translation of Torti Puturti by Wazir Shafi

Description: Recording of Wazir Shafi translating the popular story "Torti and Puturti," from the Yasin dialect of Burushaski into Urdu.
Date: July 29, 2010
Duration: 4 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Choke Minas in Urdu

Description: Recording of Muhammad Wazir Khan (or "Wazir Shafi") translating and discussing the story of an owl (known as "Chok-e Minas" in Burushaski) in Urdu. The story was originally recording in Yasin Burushaski, which Khan is a speaker of.
Date: July 29, 2010
Duration: 4 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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 03 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

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 15 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional Story about the saying "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 14 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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: 2 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information
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