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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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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

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

Conversation about the life routine of Taj Nisa

Description: This is a discussion between Taj Nisa (a 49-year old female) and Saleh Noor (a 50-year old female). Taj Nisa talks about the likes and dislikes in her life.
Date: February 7, 2019
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Discussion about migeration to Rawalpindi

Description: This is a conversation between Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male), Parveen Akhtar (a 60-year old female) and Akbar Jan (a 45-year old female). In this conversation, the speakers talk about the migration of one of their families from the village to Rawalpindi, a metropolitan city in Pakistan. They also talk about the Mankiyali language.
Date: February 5, 2019
Duration: 13 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Discussion about the Mankiyali language

Description: This is a discussion between Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male), Akbar Jan (a 45-year old female) and Shehnaz Bibi (a 24-year old female). The speakers talk about their daily life, their mother tongue, and about the documentation research project on the Mankiyali language.
Date: February 5, 2019
Duration: 7 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
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 14 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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