This is an elicitation of a word list of temporal and directional words and concepts, color terms, religious terms, words related to profession, metals and precious stones, adjectives (related to physical sensation, size and shape, quality and quantity), person-related words, abstract terms, personal pronouns, and family relations in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.

Thaluankhonang is one of the legends of Thaluan (Tharon) village. It is said that he was a strong and handsome man. He composed many songs about life, his village, and love. This song describes the beauty of the village. He sang that Thaluan is better than any foreign land. The performance has since passed away on 5 July 2017 at age 71.

This is a recording of an elicitation of several postpositions in Mankiyali, using English words and sentences as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).

Recording of an elicitation of the names of different animals in Mankiyali. The words are provided in English as prompts and the native speakers provide the equivalents in Mankiyali. Some of the words in the list exhibit lexical tone. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).

Recording of an elicitation of the names of household items in Mankiyali based on English words used as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).

Presentation for the 2008 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications on assessing descriptive substance in free-text collection-level metadata.