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Analytical discussion of the The Frog and the Tiger

Recording of Sumshot Khular reading and translating the story of The Frog and the Tiger with Tyler Utt.
Date: March 15, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about tourism in Chhitkul village captions transcript

Conversation about tourism in Chhitkul village

Ram Kumar and Bhag Singh Negi debate the pros and cons of tourism in Chhitkul village. Neither of them is directly involved in any business related to tourism, which allows for a frank debate. The recording was made at the Government Senior Secondary School in Chhitkul village, where Kumar is a teacher.
Date: October 15, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Rongmei ceremonies

Banbuna Gangmei describes the traditional ceremonies of the Rongmei in the presence of other elders of Ngaselong village in Lakhipur subdivision of Cachar, Assam. He is 60 years old at the time of recording.
Date: November 15, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Rongmei traditional religion

Gaingamlungpou, a native speaker of Rongmei, describes the traditional religion of the Rongmei. He is a resident of Ngaselong village in the Lakhipur subdivision of Cachar district of Assam. He is 67 years old at the time of recording.
Date: November 15, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Saihriem marriage system

Chongpu Chongloi describes the marriage system of the Saihriem as practiced by their traditional forefathers. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam, around 85 years old at the time of recording.
Date: August 15, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation about possessive pronouns transcript

Elicitation about possessive pronouns

This is a recording of an elicitation about possessive pronouns demonstrating how possession is expressed in Mankiyali. English sentences are 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
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of adverbial clauses transcript

Elicitation of adverbial clauses

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
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of words for seasons and months transcript

Elicitation of words for seasons and months

Recording of an elicitation of a word list for seasons and months. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: October 15, 2019
Creator: Dale, Merrion
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on festivals transcript

Monologue on festivals

Recording of Bano reciting a cultural account on festivals in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: September 15, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on the Bo Phaw festival transcript

Monologue on the Bo Phaw festival

Recording of Bano reciting a cultural account of "bo phaw" in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on the history of polo transcript

Monologue on the history of polo

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.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Charachuang lui'

The folk song is about a personal experience on war and village life of Charachuang.The singer is from Maguilong village. The legendary composer of the song is Charachuang of Makhianglong village.
Date: July 15, 2011
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading of a Benglam Story transcript

Reading of a Benglam Story

Sumshot Khular reads a Benglam story transcribed during a writer's workshop conducted by the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Manipur.
Date: March 15, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading of LLEC word list transcript

Reading of LLEC word list

Elicitation of words from the LLEC word list with Sumshot Khular.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of the Tiger and Squirrel story

This is a recording of Sumshot Khular and Tyler Utt discussing writing samples collected at an SIL writer's workshop. The results of the discussion were used for grammar and word collection.
Date: March 15, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of a traditional narrative about Chemtatepu in Hindi

C. Hawa tells the traditional narrative 'Chemtatepu' about animals in Hindi, translating from the original Saihriem. He is from Bahbahar village, Cachar District, Assam, around 52 years old at the time of recording.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of An Intelligent Woman transcript

Retelling of An Intelligent Woman

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.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash transcript

Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash

Recording of Bano reciting “Baqti Jamal ke Alqash,” in the Hunza dialect. This popular story tells a tale of Baqti Jamal and Alqash, two friends that grew old together. One day on a picnic, Baqti Jamal found a golden treasure, and decided to share it with Alqash, but Alqash was greedy, and killed Baqti Jamal to keep the gold to himself. One day Alqash, now a wealthy minister to the king, needed help deciphering dreams, called upon Baqti Jamal’s son Abu Zare Jamhur, who held a book of prophecies
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Bilbal Wazir transcript

Retelling of Bilbal Wazir

Recording of Bano reciting “Bilbal Wazir” in the Hunza dialect. This is a popular story about Minister Bilbal, who was once a worker, and spent his money before he came home t his wife. He then proves his wisdom by not doing what he was told, and became a minister.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Gulzaada Gushpur transcript

Retelling of Gulzaada Gushpur

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.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of The Sea Sand Pot transcript

Retelling of The Sea Sand Pot

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.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the traditional narrative 'Mairangkoh and Sapinthei'

Hoihte Saihriem, aged 64, is a female speaker from Bahbahar village of Cachar district of Assam. She tells the story of a wicked lady who killed the wife of Sapinthei and later married her father. This wicked lady had a daughter named Mairangkoh. Together, they tortured Sapinthei and managed to kill her after she was married to a king.
Date: August 15, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library