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Retelling of Ghawu Kanguli

Description: Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting the story of "Ghawu Kanguli"
Date: August 8, 2011
Duration: 9 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Manulum Dado

Description: Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Manulum Daado" (lit. 'grandfather' or 'old man from Man'), a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. According to the story, "Man" is the name of a pasture in Shispar meadows.
Date: August 2011
Duration: 13 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Mythical Donkey of Barashal

Description: Recording of Muneeb Dawar narrating the story "Barashale Qaan Zrakun" ('mythical donkey of Barashal') in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: August 7, 2011
Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf & Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Flying Horse and Giant Monster

Description: Recording of Mahida Murad reciting “A flying Horse and a giant Monster,” in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a princess is hidden away by her father, but an ogre discovers her presence. He goes to the king to ask for her hand in marriage, but the King refuses to agree unless the Ogre knows her name. The princess refused to marry the ogre, and runs away on a flying horse.
Date: August 1, 2010
Duration: 18 minutes 01 second
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Bulchi Tthoko and the Witch

Description: Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting "Bulchi Thoko ke Danglathas," a popular story in the region, in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. Bulchi Tthoko is an old male name in Burushaski and "Ddanglatthas" is the word for 'witch'.
Date: August 5, 2011
Duration: 10 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue about a master and his helper

Description: This is a monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 38-year old male teacher) about a master and his domestic help. The master asks his helper to bring a sharpening tool and the helper brings sand instead. He could not differentiate between the two words because they were homophonous. The other native speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the early life of Muhammad Younas

Description: This is a personal narrative by Muhammad Younas (a 60-year old male and retired factory worker) about a time when he was working in Karachi. Muhammad Younas talks about his life in Karachi, other community members who lived there, and some incidents that happened during that time. The other speaker present during this recording is Abdul Qayoum (a 60-year old male).
Date: August 26, 2020
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of the thirsty crow

Description: This is a retelling of the story of the thirsty crow by Akbar Khan (a 46-year old male teacher). Once upon a time, a crow was very thirsty. He flew in search of water and saw a pitcher. He sat on the pitcher to drink water, but the surface of the water was low and he could not reach it. He then gathered some small pebbles and put them in the pitcher one by one. The water level raised. He drank water and flew away. The other speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 40-year old… more
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation on stress and intonation

Description: Recording of an elicitation of Mankiyali sentences that contain words with a variety of syllable types. The purpose is to analyze words in their context in order to determine the stress pattern of words with complex syllable structure. The elicitation, however, needs to be used with caution to avoid list pronunciation. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shop owner).
Date: August 4, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of a king and his minister

Description: Recording of a traditional story about a king and his minister who together decided to make a copy of the Holy Quran. In this story, the minister forgets to write a letter while producing the copy. When the king asks the minister why he failed to copy the Quran correctly, the minister explains that he was distressed by an event that had recently taken place in his life. The narrator Abdul Qayum (a 60 year old male factory worker) is telling the story to Muhammad Younas (a retired male factory w… more
Date: August 26, 2019
Duration: 8 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of a lucky king

Description: Recording of a traditional story about a king who loses his kingdom and his family, but eventually he is appointed as the king of a neighboring country. He also gets to meet his family again. In this recording the narrator Abdul Qayum (a 60-year old male factory worker) is addressing Muhammad Younas (a retired male factory worker).
Date: August 26, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about a scam

Description: This is a narrative by Muhammad Aslam (a 38-year old male teacher) about a scam. Once someone called a friend of Muhammad Aslam and told him that he had received a prize. The gentleman (the speaker's friend) was very happy. The caller at the other end asked him to top up credit on his mobile phone, and he did so. After losing some money he understood that it was a scam. The other speaker present during this recording is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 39-year old male shopkeeper).
Date: August 18, 2020
Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information
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