Bwisagi (open access)

Bwisagi

A poem on Boro New year festival Bwisagu included in a mouthpiece of the All Odalguri Silver Jubilee year celebration, Odalguri College, Udalguri held on 15-22, April 2017.
Date: April 22, 2017
Creator: Boro, Kiran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Odalguri dokhara ABWWFni sungdo sanreb (open access)

Odalguri dokhara ABWWFni sungdo sanreb

A brief history of ABWWF/Odalguri AC included in a mouthpiece (vol.1) of the ABWWF/Odalguri AC brought out on the occasion of its 9th Annual conference held at Sijouguri, Odalguri.
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Boro, Kiran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on languages on Northeast India (open access)

Notes on languages on Northeast India

Handwritten notes on several langues of Northeast India in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. Includes lists of languages, language name variants, hand drawn maps, and basic demographics of language communities. Notes on classification compare how the Linguistic Survey of India, Robert Schafer, and Geoffrey Marrison group these languages.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 61 (open access)

Akha notebook 61

Handwritten notes and transcription of a traditional narrative about Mɔ Hỳ and Mɔ Njí. Additional notes were added in 1987.
Date: April 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 62 (open access)

Akha notebook 62

Handwritten notes and transcription of narratives about honesty and a snake in paradise.
Date: April 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Searching for the Deceased Mother (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Searching for the Deceased Mother

Transcription of a retelling of Mnuu kdi you mdo thlaam na paomin (Story About Searching for the Deceased Mother), as narrated by Angtoi Sankhil.
Date: April 10, 2014
Creator: Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about a common fool character (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about a common fool character

This a traditional story about a common fool character, who does stupid things (bokolapo); in this story, he wants to go to the market but by switching sides of the basket he is carrying also accidentally switches the direction in which he is walking; he ends up walking back to his own house without realizing it.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boro Tones (open access)

Boro Tones

A linguistic description of Boro tones, specifically in polysyllabic words, including an overview of Boro's phonemic inventory and syllable structure. The authors identify three tones (high, low, and falling), present examples, and discuss the effects of morphology and final consonants on tone. They conclude by comparing the Boro tone system to those of Tiwa and Rabha, and positing directions for further investigation.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Burling, Robbins & Joseph, Umbavu Varghese
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 58 (open access)

Akha notebook 58

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives and conversations with four male Akha consultants (three in their mid 20s, and one in his early 40s) about social customs related to marriage and special clothing, foods, and utensils used in the ceremonies.
Date: April 27, 1972
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 90 (open access)

Akha notebook 90

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of songs and rituals associated with death and marriage. Continued from Notebook 80.
Date: 1978-04-05/1978-05
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 905 (open access)

Akha notebook 905

Handwritten notes about Akha clans, the Akha calendar, kinship terms, and detailed demographic information for each household in Maeby village including number of family members, their age, gender, education, clan, income sources (e.g., labor, goods, crafts), length of time living in Maeby, previous residence, opium use, crops and livestock, major possessions (e.g., bicycles, radios, rifles), and fertility status. Includes hand drawn map of the houses and landmarks in Maeby village and prices of common goods in baht.
Date: 1978-04-17/1978-04-26
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 902 (open access)

Akha notebook 902

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of word lists, Hansson's observations on daily life and customs in the village written in English, and Akha narratives about building a traditional house, aging, and rituals.
Date: 1978-04-17/1978-09-02
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library