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Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages
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Dene/Athabaskan Language Conference and Workshop, 2017
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Description of weaving methods
The speaker describes her method of weaving using a loom.
Date:
November 28, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of weaving methods
The speaker describes her method of weaving using a loom.
Date:
November 28, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a folk song 'Hungenang lui'
This is a song of Hungenang, a legendary figure in Liangmai folklore. He is one of the most popular composers among the Liangmai, and there are many folk songs that are credited to him.
Date:
July 18, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a folk song 'Kaihui lui'
This is a song of Kaiguiyang, also known as Kaihui. He is one of the most well-known heroes of the Liangmai. His story and songs are widely among the Liangmai villages. He is also well-known for courting numbers of ladies.
Date:
July 18, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a folk song 'Ngaisang lui'
This is a song of Ngaisang. In this song the composer laments a lost love.
Date:
July 18, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a folk song 'Taponmai liu'
The composer of the song sing praises of the girls of Tapon village.
Date:
July 18, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of Sultan Khan
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about childhood activities
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about high school memories, part 1
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about high school memories, part 2
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about life in village Danna in the olden days
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story about "Unity is Strength"
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of a man and his cunning wife
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 old male factory worker) is narrating the story to two young speakers of Mankiyali (Abdul Haq and Aurangzeb).
Date:
July 14, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of a love story about Yusuf Khan and Sher Bano
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 1
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about a princess
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on getting water from the tap
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 from a water source to the tap faucet in the wall.
Date:
July 12, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a poem about a religious missionary group
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a poem about the Judgement Day
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative by Muhammad Suleman
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
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a folk song 'Akiluang tingnai phian kali'
This song laments that things have changed in the village after the singer's beloved (Mungimai) is married off to a foreign man. He sings, 'The sun ray has changed in my village. My land is no longer like the old days. The sound of pigeon has changed. My heartfelt regret is that I could not protect Mungimai.'
Date:
July 7, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a folk song 'Guithuanang lui'
This is a song of Guithuanang of Tharon village. This song was composed as a conversation between two lovers expressing beauty, desire, and love for each other.
Date:
July 7, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a folk song 'Hey kenglam lung'
This song is about the beauty of the village. It says that the village is better than any foreign land. The singer appeals to the villagers who have gone out of the village to return to the village.
Date:
July 7, 2019
Creator:
Dailiam, Binthu
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a folk song 'I lo kani liu to'
This is a song of expressing love between a man and woman. The man says, 'For the one I love I could bring the biggest bull. I can work the whole mountain. What do you say? My fair lady'. The woman responds, 'Oh bachelor! Stop teasing. Do not do as you wish. Do not mention about a bull You don’t have to pay anything. I will come for free'.
Date:
July 7, 2019
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library