Book of Garo stories and poems.

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha death rituals.

Akha songs and narratives. Death rituals I. Notebook 93. Continued on Tape 57, Chiengmai 15/6-78. goq xhɛ̀ goq doq thóg

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha proverbs, conversations, and word lists of multi-word expressions.

Akha songs and narratives. Àbɔ́qɔ: àɣöɣöə I, 15/11-81

Akha songs and narratives. Àbɔ́qɔ: àɣöɣöə II, 15/11-81

Akha songs and narratives. Àbɔ́qɔ: àɣöɣöə III, 15/11-81

Book of 30 lessons on the Garo alphabet, handwriting, and arithmetic. Includes illustrations.

Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology (tone, glottals, syllable structure) and grammar (case, adverbials, compounds, classifiers, negation) with sample sentences and phrases. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (animals, body parts, natural world, household, agriculture, verbs of motion/ break/ cut/ carry/ burn/ boil, time, and health).

Discussion of a written sample from an SIL writing workshop. The purpose is to understand the writing system and to learn about grammatical constructions from a variety of speakers.

The folk song is about a personal experience on war and village life of Charachuang.The singer is from Maguilong village. The legendary composer of the song is Charachuang of Makhianglong village.

Recording of Bano reciting a cultural account on festivals in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.

Chongpu Chongloi describes the marriage system of the Saihriem as practiced by their traditional forefathers. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam, around 85 years old at the time of recording.

Hoihte Saihriem, aged 64, is a female speaker from Bahbahar village of Cachar district of Assam. She tells the story of a wicked lady who killed the wife of Sapinthei and later married her father. This wicked lady had a daughter named Mairangkoh. Together, they tortured Sapinthei and managed to kill her after she was married to a king.

Recording of Bano reciting a cultural account of "bo phaw" in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.

C. Hawa tells the traditional narrative 'Chemtatepu' about animals in Hindi, translating from the original Saihriem. He is from Bahbahar village, Cachar District, Assam, around 52 years old at the time of recording.

Recording of Bano reciting “Baqti Jamal ke Alqash,” in the Hunza dialect. This popular story tells a tale of Baqti Jamal and Alqash, two friends that grew old together. One day on a picnic, Baqti Jamal found a golden treasure, and decided to share it with Alqash, but Alqash was greedy, and killed Baqti Jamal to keep the gold to himself. One day Alqash, now a wealthy minister to the king, needed help deciphering dreams, called upon Baqti Jamal’s son Abu Zare Jamhur, who held a book of prophecies

Recording of Bano reciting “Bilbal Wazir” in the Hunza dialect. This is a popular story about Minister Bilbal, who was once a worker, and spent his money before he came home t his wife. He then proves his wisdom by not doing what he was told, and became a minister.

Hoihte Saihriem tells the story of Ralngam. In this story, Ralngam befriends a tiger, and they compete and eat food together. Ralngam learns magic from the tiger. She is a female Saihriem speaker from the Barak Valley (currently living in Bahbahar), around 80 years old at the time of recording. She is also a speaker of Bengali.

Hoihte Saihrem, aged 80, is a female speaker of Saihriem. She tells the story of a beautiful lady called Rengchonghoi and her seven brothers.

Transcription and translation of the recording of Bano, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, narrating the story of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash.

Transcription of Bano reciting “Bilbal Wazir” in the Hunza dialect. This is a popular story about Minister Bilbal, who was once a worker, and spent his money before he came home t his wife. He then proves his wisdom by not doing what he was told, and became a minister. Transcription is done in Burushaski with translations in English.

Recording of Wazir Abbas telling the History of Polo in the Nagar dialect. Abbas claims that the modern version of Polo on horses originated in Nagar. He then tells of a battle between the people of Nagar and Hunza.

Recording of Ali Raza reciting “Aqale Gus” in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story a prince travels to search for the answer of his father’s troubles. In his travels he meets an old man whom he irritates, but lets the prince stay at his house overnight. The old man’s daughter is great at interpreting problems, and they are married, and she returns to the kingdom to aid the King.