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

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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story about two brothers

Recording of a story about two brothers in which the elder brother used to oppress the younger brother. The younger brother, by chance, found a magical handmill which made him rich by producing everything that he would demand. The elder brother tried to steal this magical handmill and by his own stupidity and greed he killed himself and also drowned the mill in the river. The contributor Nargis Bibi is a 38-year old housewife.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story about two brothers

Recording of a story about two brothers in which the elder brother used to oppress the younger brother. The younger brother, by chance, found a magical handmill which made him rich by producing everything that he would demand. The elder brother tried to steal this magical handmill and by his own stupidity and greed he killed himself and also drowned the mill in the river. The contributor Nargis Bibi is a 38-year old housewife.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Muhammad Awaiz

Recording of a personal narrative by Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male) in which the speaker talks about the economic hardships he endured as a student up until high school. He then moved to a far off big city in search of a job. There, he acquired a government job which helped him improve his financial situation. In this light, he reiterates his resolve to provide his children better education and better opportunities.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Muhammad Awaiz

Recording of a personal narrative by Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male) in which the speaker talks about the economic hardships he endured as a student up until high school. He then moved to a far off big city in search of a job. There, he acquired a government job which helped him improve his financial situation. In this light, he reiterates his resolve to provide his children better education and better opportunities.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Eid celebrations

Recording of a monologue about Eid, a festival of Muslims. The speaker talks about how the community members prepare for the festival which is celebrated at the end of fasting during the month of Ramadan. Atta-Ur Rehman is a 37-year old male teacher.
Date: May 16, 2021
Creator: Aurangzeb
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Eid celebrations

Recording of a monologue about Eid, a festival of Muslims. The speaker talks about how the community members prepare for the festival which is celebrated at the end of fasting during the month of Ramadan. Atta-Ur Rehman is a 37-year old male teacher.
Date: May 16, 2021
Creator: Aurangzeb
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of numerals one to hundred

This is an elicitation of Mankiyali numerals from one to hundred by Atta-ur Rehman (a 37-year old male teacher).
Date: January 31, 2019
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library