Recording of Wazir Abbas telling the History of Polo in the Nagar dialect. Abbas claims that the modern version of Polo on horses originated in Nagar. He then tells of a battle between the people of Nagar and Hunza.

Recording of Ibrahim reciting “The Sea Sand Pot” in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story a King tells all of his subjects to kill their old parents, but an obedient son hides his father in a trench. Afterward, the King orders the subjects to make a sea sand pot, or a sand chidin, which is a large iron pot used to make food for a thousand people for festivals. None of the villagers knew how, so they approached the hidden father, who told them that it was an impossible task. They told the King that the task was accomplished, but this wisdom proved to the King that an elderly person was saved.

Recording of Ali Raza reciting “Aqale Gus” in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story a prince travels to search for the answer of his father’s troubles. In his travels he meets an old man whom he irritates, but lets the prince stay at his house overnight. The old man’s daughter is great at interpreting problems, and they are married, and she returns to the kingdom to aid the King.

Recording of Ali Raza reciting the story of "Gulzaada Gushpur" ('Prince Gulzaada') in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story Prince Gulzaada wanders into a strange and wonderful land, where he finds a beautiful fairy bathing in a waterfall. He steals her clothing and convinces her to be his wife, but he must promise to remain faithful to her, else she eat his head. When he was forced to marry, the fairy stole him away to Fairyland.

A conversation between Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil. This was a staged conversation for the sake of an undergraduate Phonetics and Phonology class at the University of North Texas. We recorded the conversation and then immediately used to demonstrate annotation with PRAAT acoustic software.

Sumshot Khular records a number of phrases with reduplicated modifiers. Rick Weitzman uses a prompt list to record these utterances with the speaker as part of a Phonology course at UNT in Fall 2017.

Levi Accord and Amber Winston record a list of prosodic words in Lamkang with speaker Sumshot Khular. This recording was done as part of the LING 5300 Phonology course at UNT.

Sumshot Khular works with Berwyn Chong to collect compounds to study tone sandhi in these forms. The elicitation was done as part of a class project for Phonology at UNT in Fall 2017.

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

Photograph of Lamkang traditonal baskets called [phangboor]. This pieces are made by Beshot Khular of Lungkharloon village. The picture is taken during the field visit to document his craft works. The phangboor are kept on the ptxaang above the fireplace to make them sturdy, strong and prevent mold.

Wordlist of word in English and indigenous languages of Manipur. This wordlist during the Workshop for the Development of a Multilingual Glossary of Selected Languages of Manipur in Imphal.

A poem on the phases of ABWWF included in a souvenir of ABWWF published on the occasion of its 15th biennial conference held at Barnagaon High School, Odalguri on 8-10 March 2018

Hakthoi Phuoitong tells a traditional narrative about two orphans, Udoi and Liendoi. In this story, Udoi and Liendoi are hated by the rest of the village. But, when the goddess Fapite visits, she chooses to stay with them. Fatipe shows the orphans how to find food in the forest. He is a male Hrangkhol speaker from North Cachar Hills in Assam (currently living in Zion village, Haflong), around 64 years old at the time of recording. He also speaks Bengali.

Hakthoi Phuoitong, a male Hrangkhol speaker from North Cachar Hills in Assam (currently living in Zion village, Haflong) tells the traditional story of Ralngam. In this story, Ralngam learns magic from his grandfather. Hakthoi is 64 at the time of recording, and also speaks Bengali.

Hakthoi Phuoitong tells the traditional story Denlikinthang. In this story, Denlikinthang is born to a virgin in Bomrang village. Denlikinthang later becomes the leader of a new village called Khozol. He is a male Hrangkhol speaker from North Cachar Hills in Assam (currently living in Zion village, Haflong), around 64 years old at the time of recording. He also speaks Bengali.

Hakthoi Phuoitong tells the traditional narrative about Mairingthang, an orphan who has to choose between his two girlfriends. He is a male Hrangkhol speaker from North Cachar Hills in Assam (currently living in Zion village, Haflong), around 64 years old at the time of recording. He also speaks Bengali.

Collection of legendary stories about moral practices and taboos in the ancestral way life.

This is a retelling of the pear story.

Bibini Sakachep is a female speaker of Sakachep from Zailen village in the Karimganj district of Assam. She tells the story of two orphan brothers, Lendou and Khendou, whose fortune of discovering a gong from the belly of a snake changed their lives. She is 48 years old at the time of recording.

Bibini Sakachep is a female speaker from Zailen village in Karimganj district of Assam. She tells the Story of Mairangkoh and Sapinthei. In the story, there is a wicked lady who killed Sapinthei's mother and married her father. Thereafter, she tortured her. She is 48 years old at the time of recording.

Seineithoi Sakachep tells the traditional narrative 'Aracha Rangkachep' about a palmist who was rewarded for their prediction about the king. He is a male Sakachep speaker from Zailen village in Karimganj district of Assam, around 50 years old at the time of recording.

Lalmanchim Sakachep is a female speaker from Zailen village in Karimganj district of Assam. She is 80 years old at the time of recording.

This is a traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans. Bey Ki’ik and Bey Ke’et have a falling out over changing marriage plans as a result of the grandmother’s advice. As a result, a taboo exists such that descendants of Bey Ki’ik and those of Bey Ke’et are not allowed to marry each other. Another result is that members of the Bey Ronghang clan are not allowed to grind rice for rice beer, because in mythological times, the Bey Ronghang women kept grinding rice for rice beer without doing anything else--even forgetting to breast-feed their children, who then died from starvation.

Recording of an elicitation of interrogative sentences in Mankiyali. Several sentences were elicited in which various question words were gathered. The contributor is Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher.