Resource Type
Partner
Collection
Computational Resource on South Asian Languages
53
Mankiyali Language Resource
17
Lamkang Language Resource
9
Akha Language Resource
6
Tshangla Language Resource
6
Dimasa Language Resource
5
Burushaski Language Resource
3
Liangmai Language Resource
3
Languages of the Barak Valley
2
Manipur Language Resource
1
1 More
Serial/Series Title
States
Counties
Day
53 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab. Unexpected Results? Search the Catalog Instead.
Results:
1 - 24 of
53
next
Description of healing rituals for serious patients
Mr. Tshering describes how to cure a serious patient using various rituals including preparing an elaborate feast, offering jewelry, and dressing as ransom to get back the soul of the patient.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of healing rituals and remedies
Mr. Tshering introduces himself and explains how long he has been performing rituals, the cause of various diseases, and remedies for stomach aches. He also talks about his marriage life and resettlement.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of appeasement rituals for spirits and ghosts
Mr. Tshering describes how to appease spirits and ghosts with wine, water, and smoke. He uses the count of the rosary to determine remedies for sickness. During the process, he recites the Buddha mantra.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of Mamo Zomsa prediction
Mr. Tshering describes the practice Mamo Zomsa (gathering all ghosts) which uses astrology and a rosary to determine the cause of a sickness. The rosary indicates the astrological predictions with different numbers: 3 for sickness caused by the union of Mamo and his family, or 5 for those caused by the Mamo family and servants.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of stomach pain causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how to cure stomach pain caused by malicious spirits. He uses astrological methods to determine if the patient needs modern medical services or needs to appease the spirits to address the pain. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage. This recording was made in the evening after the day's work.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of fever and body ache causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how he performs divination using the rosary to locate where a person has lost their soul, and who has taken the soul. The count of every rosary indicates different directions, people, things, and events that may cause heavy fever and body ache. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 908 Side A
Traditional musical performances and chanting.
Date:
August 14, 1972
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of tones of rimes
Tyler Utt eliciting the tones of various rimes with Sumshot Khular.
Date:
June 14, 2016
Creator:
Utt, Tyler P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of tone in verbs
Tyler Utt eliciting tone in verbs with Sumshot Khular.
Date:
June 14, 2016
Creator:
Utt, Tyler P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of paradigm of 'know' from Sumshot Khular
Tyler Utt eliciting the paradigm of the verb 'know' with Sumshot Khular.
Date:
June 14, 2016
Creator:
Utt, Tyler P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of paradigm of 'give'
Tyler Utt eliciting the paradigm of the verb 'give' with Sumshot Khular.
Date:
June 14, 2016
Creator:
Utt, Tyler P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of Sartaj Bibi
Recording of a personal narrative of Sartaj Bibi (23-year old housewife). In this narrative, Sartaj Bibi gives an account of her routine work schedule on a typical day as a housewife.
Date:
July 14, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of paradigm of 'give'
Tyler Utt eliciting the paradigm of the verb 'give' with Sumshot Khular.
Date:
June 14, 2016
Creator:
Utt, Tyler P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 68 Side B
Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. shà ziq ziq ə at ə̀ lə̀ bì ə Maeby 14/9-78
Date:
September 14, 1978
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 68 Side A
Akha songs and narratives. shà ziq ziq ə at ə̀ lə̀ bì ə Maeby 14/9-78
Date:
September 14, 1978
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about Burusho society
Recording of Dr. Faiz Aman discussing Burusho society in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date:
June 14, 2010
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the traditional story 'Nmang racham'
This story is about Nmang and his orphan brother who were looked down by the society, but became rich later. The storyteller is from Namdilong village.
Date:
April 14, 2014
Creator:
Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of an occasional folk song 'Hey aliw'
This is an agricultural folk song sung at the end of the day’s farm work calling co-farm workers to return home. The singer of the song is from Maguilong village.
Date:
July 14, 2011
Creator:
Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 92 Side B
Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. Àbɔ́qɔ: zə́ zà mə́ zə́ zà zə́ sháŋ thúy
Date:
October 14, 1982
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of words for gemination
Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. In this version, target words do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Date:
November 14, 2017
Creator:
Burke, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of gemination in a frame sentence
Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant uttered in the frame 'ava ___=a ktxhaa ktxhaa', meaning 'that ___ is nice/beautiful' to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word.
Date:
November 14, 2017
Creator:
Burke, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Janita Barman describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a housewife with a high school education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and English in addition to Dimasa. She is 38 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 14, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Animesh
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about Yasin festivals
Recording of Shah Rahim Khan discussing different festivals celebrated in Yasin. He gives his narrative in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date:
June 14, 2014
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 47 Side B
Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-19 Àbɔ́qɔ: lɔ̀-khàŋ mə́; 19-30 buying and selling; 30-42 various stories; 42-[end] shà iq iq ə at wedding. 14/2-78
Date:
February 14, 1978
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library