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Description of mithun preparation and loom making
Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil talking about traditional Lamkang cooking with Shobhana Chelliah.
Date:
2019
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of numerals
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
Creator:
Shah, Midhat
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about the cruelty of a former ruler of Tanawal
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
Creator:
Iqbal, Javid
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about a cruel Nawab and a daring escape
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
Creator:
Iqbal, Javid
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of grammatical mood
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
Creator:
Iqbal, Javid
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Traditional Story about the saying "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
Description of clearing snow from roofs
In this recording, Muhammad Suleman, a 35-year old male teacher, talks about the methods which people in Danna use to clear snow from the rooftops of their homes. Wooden tools are used to brush snow from the roofs of houses when snow builds up on the rooftops. The speaker was born in 1983.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on hardships of ancestors and the ease of current life
Recording of a monologue about the hardship of a woman's ancestors before they had electricity and other advanced facilities. She notes that her people are lazy and lack unity now that they have commodities, but her ancestors were strong. The speaker is Nargis Bibi (a 40-year old housewife).
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of agricultural terms
This is a recording of a wordlist for agricultural terms contributed by Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher.
Date:
December 16, 2019
Creator:
Iqbal, Javid
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of kinship terms
Recording of a wordlist of kinship terms in Mankiyali, translated from English. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman, a 38-year old male shop owner.
Date:
December 12, 2019
Creator:
Iqbal, Javid
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of names of animals
This is a recording of an elicitation of a wordlist for names of animals in Mankiyali contributed by Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old shop owner).
Date:
December 16, 2019
Creator:
Shah, Midhat
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of natural resources
Recording of an elicitation of a wordlist for names for several kinds of natural resources and objects in Mankiyali. The speaker, born in 1981, recorded himself reciting the wordlist. No English translations are provided in the recording.
Date:
December 5, 2019
Creator:
Rehman, Gohar-Ur
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
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
Retelling of the story about sleep and air
Recording of a traditional short story in which there was a competition between sleep and air. Eventually, sleep proved more powerful than air. The contributor, Muhammad Suleman. is a 36-year old male teacher from Danna.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about future plans
Recording of Baladev Moshahary discussing future plans.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about CIT Kokrajhar
Recording of Pinksta Islary discussing an experience at the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about CIT Kokrajhar
Recording of Jugami Basumatary discussing the hostels at the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about hobbies
Recording of Ignicious Basumatary discussing hobbies.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about hobbies
Recording of Bakhna Basumatary discussing his hobbies.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about hobbies
Recording of Bilian Boro introducing themselves and describing interests.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about CIT Kokrajhar
Recording of Ignicious Basumatary discussing the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of Baladev Moshahary
Recording of a personal narrative by Baladev Moshahary.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of Jugami Basumatary
Recording of a personal narrative by Jugami Basumatary.
Date:
August 23, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System:
The UNT Digital Library