This is a traditional story which involves a descriptive riddle about a witty man who needs to take a lion, a goat and a load of leaves across a river. The caveat is that the man cannot take all three in one go. (Note: the narrator inadvertently refers to the goat as a jackal in the beginning). In this recording, the speaker Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male speaker who works as a driver) is addressing Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male government servant).

This is a retelling of the story of three friends by Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) with Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the three friends once found some money and decided to divide it among themselves. However, each one of them was trying to cheat the others. Finally, no one gets the money and all three end up dead.

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. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 40-year old male shop owner).

Sanjib Laobangdisa describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a worker who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Nagamese, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. He is 46 years old at the time of recording.

Usha Rani Barman describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired teacher who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. She is 70 years old at the time of recording.

Sadhan Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a worker who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Manipuri, English, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. He is 51 years old at the time of recording.

Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.

Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.

This is a narrative about the speaker's hometown, friends and family, and educational institutions.

Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar talk about the Totlang Kam Festival. The exchange is useful for cultural information, lexical items related to this important festival, and question and answer exchanges. Rengpu Rex Khullar accompanied his father Beshot Khullar to Chennai to share information on Lamkang with Shobhana Chelliah.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member about Chhingi's daughter, Nutei.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member about when they plan to come home for a visit.

Traditional musical performances recorded in Taipei in 1971.

Traditional musical performances and chanting recorded in Taipei.

Recording of the Lamkang Traditional jhum agricultural practices in Lamkang and the varieties of crops and grains that are grown in the Lamkang land.

This Liangmai folk song was composed by Songkambou of Tudon village and sung by Kiwangbou.

Recording of an elicitation of determiners in Mankiyali using English sentences as prompts. The recording is contributed by Gohar-Ur Rehman, a 38-year old shop owner.

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).

Recording of Gul Nadir reciting "Ja Dinar," with a group. The poem is recited in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of an elicitation of basic verb paradigms in Mankiyali in the simple present tense forms. The verbs covered are copula 'be' and verbs such as 'eat', 'drink', 'laugh' and 'sing'. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).

This is an elicitation of a word list consisting of numerals (mainly cardinal and some ordinal) and a few body parts in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.

This is a very short bedtime story of a king and a cat narrated in a rhyming pattern. These type of stories are told to lull and amuse small children.