Recording of Raja Safdar Ali Khan, a retired school teacher, reciting the poem "Dast-e-Khuda," in the Srinagar dialect.

Recording of Raja Safdar Ali Khan reciting the popular poem "um ba Khudaye" in the Srinagar dialect.

Recording of Raja Tasleem Khan, a magistrate, reciting the poem "um ba khudaye," in the Srinagar dialect.

Recording of Raja Sakhawat Ali Khan reciting a personal narrative of his family history in the Srinagar dialect. He recalls how his ancestry came to Srinagar. He tells of his fathers, and his brothers and their children, and his own children, and what they work as.

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.

Recording of Raja Safdar Ali discussing the Buruskaski Documentation Project in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski with his friend Raja Jamsheed Ali

Recording of Shah Rahim discussing Burusho culture with his friends in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of Muhib Uddin Hunzai, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski from Gilgit, describing a traditional house of Hunza. The recording was made in Danyor, a small village near Gilgit town.

Recording of Wazir Shafi discussing the song "Hashki" in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of Muhammad Wazir Khan and friends in Hundur, a village in the Yasin valley, discussing the objectives of the Burushaski language documentation project.

Recording of Zar Nigar (Gismali Nigar) narrating an account on Burusho culture in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of Shah Rahim and friends performing a ritual group performance in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.

Recording of a song entitled "Begham Gutshare" by Mehboob Jan Yasini, a speaker of Yasin Burushaski, in Gilgit.

Recording of a song in Yasin dialect.

Photograph of the so called Buddhist stupa situated in Henzal village in Ghizar valley, 12 km west to Gilgit city. This ancient structure is said to have been constructed in 5th century BC.

Photograph of Hunza Burushaski text - a piece of poetry written by Ghulamuddin Ghulam Hunzai.

Photograph of brid's eye view of Yasin valley as seen from top of the historic 'muduri'. Yasin River can be seen meandering through the valley.

Photograph of an elderly Nager Burushaski speaker Major Dr. (retired) Ahmad Ali Shah.

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

Photograph of a kind of fried bread called "arzoq" in Nager and Hunza Burushaski. It is mainly consumed as a snack along side tea.

Photograph of a Nager Burushaski speaker Badshahi Khan.

Photograph of Piar Karim (left), Sadaf Munshi, Nasima Ali (second from left), Sadaf Munshi (second from right) and Muhammad Wazir Shafi (far right).

Photograph of Dr. Sadaf Munshi (second from right) and her research assistants, Piar Karim (second from left) and Muhammad Wazir Shafi (leftmost) with Hunza Burushaski speakers Samina (rightmost) and Mahida Murad (center).