Photograph of poets, musicians and other resource persons of Yasin Burushaski, during the linguistic field visit Sadaf Munshi.

Photograph of poets musicians and other Yasin Burushaski speakers with research team of Dr. Sadaf Munshi, taken during a filed visit. A young man is presenting solo dance to folk music.

Photograph of a gathering of Yasin Burushaski speakers during a linguistic field visit while Mr. Piar Karim, research assistant to Dr. Sadaf Munshi, is video-recoding the event.

Photograph of Mr. Piar Karim, research assistant to Dr. Sadaf Munshi, while video recording a poetry recitation session in Yasin Burushaski during a linguistic field visit.

Photograph of Yasin Burushaski Speakers during linguistic field work in Hundur village.

Photograph of Yasin Burushaski poets, musicians and resource person during linguistic field visit by Sadaf Munshi.

Video of Farman Khan reciting some traditional celebratory chanting in Yasin Burushaski.

Video of Muhibuddin describing (in Urdu) a traditional Burusho house in the village Sultanabad, Gilgit.

Photograph of Dr. Sadaf Munshi with members and office bearers of Burushaski Research Academy (BRA) during a lecture session with Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai.

Photograph of Dr. Sadaf Munshi with Shehnaz Saleem Hunzai (left), an official of Burushaski Research Academy (BRA) and Samina (right), a Burushaski speaker.

Photograph of Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai while speaking to members of Burushaski Research Academy (BRA). Dr. Sadaf Munshi was a guest in the gathering.

Photograph of Nasima Ali (left), Piar Karim (center) & Wazir Shafi (right) - research assistants to Dr. Sadaf Munshi taken in Gahkuch.

Photograph of Dr. Sadaf Munshi (left), Nasima Ali (centre), and Muhammad Wazir Shafi at Green Palace Hotel, Gahkuch.

Photograph of the wooden hanging bridge linking Sherqilla (old name "čʰeer") village with the Gizer-Gilgit Road in Punyal.

Photograph of (late) Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai, A famous Hunza Burushaski poet, a religious scholar and prolific writer. He is considered to be the first ever to publish Burushaski poetry. He is also one of the few who devised Perso-Arabic based alphabets to write Burushaski. His Burushaski-Urdu Dictionary was published posthumously by the Burushaski Research Academy (BRA) - The NGO that he had founded. He is also known as "Baba-e-Burushaski" (the father of (Hunza) Burushaski).

Photograph of Dr. Sadaf Munshi with office bearers and workers of Burushaski Research Academy (BAR), an NGO dedicated to documentation and revitalization of Hunza Burushaski.

Transcription and free English translation of the recording of Raja Sakhawat Ali Khan, a speaker of Srinagar Burushaski, providing a personal account of his family history. He recalls how his ancestors came to Srinagar and settled there. In this account, Sakhawat talks about his fathers, and his brothers and their children, and his own children, and about their occupation, etc. Transcriptions are in Burushaski with translations in English.

Transcription, translation and linguistic (morphemic) analysis of the story "Hamale Khatun" narrated by Naseema Ali, a speaker of the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story Hamale Khatun is invited to the house of a paranormal Queen, and stitches clothing for all of her sons and daughters at their weddings. When she returns home, Hamale Khatun comes with warnings to remain moral by the Queen, and tries to make sure her children obey them.

Transcription, translation and linguistic analysis of the recording of Juru reciting "Baduldana," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that tells about a king named Baduldana that was unable to sire children. To help him, his servants go out into a barren land searching for a mystical man, and when they bring him back, he helps the King.

Transcription and free English translation of Naseema Ali reciting "Hamale Khatun," in the Nagar dialect. In this popular story Hamale Khatun is invited to the house of a paranormal Queen, and stitches clothing for all of her sons and daughters at their weddings. When she returns home, Hamale Khatun comes with warnings to remain moral by the Queen, and tries to make sure her children obey them.

Transcription and free English translation of the recording of Ruqayya Bano explaining the recipe for ghulmaldi, a yogurt dip, in the Nagar Burushaski.

Transcription and free English translation of a recording of Ruqayya Bano sharing the recipe for “Diram Phitti”, or sweet bread cake, in the Nagar dialect. In this recipe, grain is germinated, then ground into flour and fermented. This flour is made into dough, and cooked on an iron pan in individual patties.

Transcription of Mahida Murad reciting “Danlathas ke Baadsha” in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a Witch kills some princes and scares the King into marrying her. She took all of the King’s daughter-in-laws and stole their eyes, sealing them into a pit hidden away from the kingdom. The youngest raises her child, and he must save his mother and aunties. Transcription done in Burushaski with translations in English.

Transcription of the recording of Ruqayya Bano, a speaker of Nagar Burushaski, giving the recipe of Garmamuc, a type of fried leavened bread.