Elicitation of nouns

This is an elicitation of Mankiyali nouns and pronouns based on English sentences used as prompts. The speakers are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male).
Date: September 12, 2019
Creator: Shah, Midhat
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of verb paradigms

This is an elicitation of Mankiyali verb paradigms based on English sentences used as prompts. The speakers are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male).
Date: September 23, 2019
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
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 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: Aurangzeb
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

Retelling of the story of a king and his two sons

This is a retelling of the story of a king and his two sons by Ghulam Sarvar (a 70-year old male). Abdul Qayoum (a 60-year old male) is the listener. In this story, there was a king in Iran who had two sons. The sons get separated from each other. After a long time, there is a battle between the two sons, and one defeats the other. Eventually, they find out that they are brothers and regret that they were fighting.
Date: July 13, 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

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

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

Personal narrative about travel to Chitral

This is a monologue about a visit to Chitral district by Muhammad Suleman (a 36-year old male teacher). The speaker is telling that it was a surprise for him to travel by air for the first time and it was his first visit to Chitral. He was very excited about this trip.
Date: July 6, 2019
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a prayer to god

This poem is a prayer to god by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male).
Date: March 12, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a poem about a happy life

This is a poem by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male). In this poem he says that the whole world is like our home, we should live a happy life by co-operating with each other.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a poem about reaping what you sow

This is a short poem by Muhammad Aslam (a 37-year old male teacher).
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of poems about FLI and an itinerant merchant

These are two small poems by Muhammad Aslam (a 37-year old male). The first one is about FLI (Forum for Language Initiatives); the second one is about a traditional man who brings some stuff to sell.
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about preparations for winter

This is a conversation between Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male) and fieldworker Uzma Anjum. The speaker tells how people prepare for the winter in Danna, his village.
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical narrative about the tribe of Mankiyal

This is a historical narrative by Ghulam Sarvar (a 70-year old male). In this recording, the speaker talks about the journey of the forefathers of the Mankiyal tribe came from Kabul (Afghanistan) to Swat via Peshawar (present-day Pakistan), and then onwards from Swat to Shoshni, a village near their current location Danna. According to this account, the language that they speak today was adopted by their ancestors from the Trawara community. The authenticity of the account is to be investigated.
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about an engagement ceremony

This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male). In this conversation the speakers traditionally talk about an engagement ceremony which was held in Rawalpindi and one of the speakers traveled to Rawalpindi to attend the ceremony.
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about a life incident of Abdul Malik

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This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male). Abdul Malik talks about an incident of his father's life when he was young.
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Khurshaid Bibi

This is a monologue by Khurshaid Bibi (a 50-year old female) about her life, how she got married, subsequent problems and her final coping with them.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about a surgery

This is a conversation between Taj Nisa (a 49-year-old female) and Nargis Bibi (a 40-year-old female). In this conversation, Taj Nisa talks to Nargis Bibi about a surgery she had in the past, and narrates how the doctors and medical staff treated her.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about a visit to Rawalpindi

This is a conversation between Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male) and Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male). Abdul Rehman talks about his visit to Rawalpindi to participate in an engagement ceremony and Abdul Malik talks about a doctor's appointment, his check up, etc.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about eye surgery

This is a conversation between Taj Nisa (a 49-year old female) and Nargis Bibi (a 40-year old female) about their eye surgery when they both get operated.
Date: February 7, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the life routine of Taj Nisa

This is a discussion between Taj Nisa (a 49-year old female) and Saleh Noor (a 50-year old female). Taj Nisa talks about the likes and dislikes in her life.
Date: February 7, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about the Mankiyali language

This is a discussion between Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male), Akbar Jan (a 45-year old female) and Shehnaz Bibi (a 24-year old female). The speakers talk about their daily life, their mother tongue, and about the documentation research project on the Mankiyali language.
Date: February 5, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
System: The UNT Digital Library