The collection is an outcome of an ongoing documentation project of the Kholosi language. The project is a collaborative effort between myself and a group of Kholosi community members, who are involved designing the collection content as well as in collecting and recording data and translating it into Persian. The deposited data consists of various genres, topics, and natural interactions between native speakers. The data has been recorded in video and audio-only formats. The only parts of the corpus that were recorded with audio only are sociolinguistic information, some tales, and certain grammatical elicitations. Information about all the sessions is available in English.
The origin of the Kholosi people is still uncertain. Members of the community gave me various answers in this regard, e.g., that they migrated from India, from Sindh in Pakistan, and from Dashtiyari in Sistan and Balochistan province, Iran. Kholosi is spoken mainly in two villages, Kholos and Gotāv. This documentation project has been carried out in these villages. The Kholosi people share a common heritage culture and tradition with their Iranic neighbors. Only their language distinguishes them from other groups in the region.