Conversation about making Dap- Lamkang traditional trays for drying things captions transcript

Conversation about making Dap- Lamkang traditional trays for drying things

Swamy Tholung Ksen describes to with Shobhana Chelliah, Sumshot Khular, and David Peterson how traditional bamboo and cane trays, known as Dap, are made. This was taken in Thamlapokpi village, in Chandel district of Manipur.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about Raapa captions transcript

Traditional story about Raapa

The story of Raapa [Raapa paomin] told by Shetphong Sankhil. Raapa Paomin is a story which explains the use and creation of a particular ornament by the Lamkang. It is because of the character Raapa that the Lamkang have those ornaments today.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about recording a narrative with Shangchrek Jangvei at Thamlapokpi captions transcript

Conversation about recording a narrative with Shangchrek Jangvei at Thamlapokpi

Here we are setting up the microphone and getting the speaker, Shangchrek Tholung (married to Jangvei), comfortable. She converses with Sumshot Khular who is off camera and is giving her instructions on what to say. The recording was done in Swamy Ksen's house in Thamlapokpi with David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah in attendance.
Date: 2016
Creator: Tholung, Shangchrek
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading of a blessing ritual Smul Kpnaak captions transcript

Reading of a blessing ritual Smul Kpnaak

This blessing, called Smul Kpnaak, is used by elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. This ritual blessing is to be used by an older person addressing younger people- Sumshot Khular shares the beautiful words here which translated mean: This is the feather for your good health, your long life, your well-being. May you be blessed with many daughters, with many sons, with many crops, with livestock, with wealth and riches. ‎‎May you be blessed with knowledge and understanding without end, and with overflowing riches. May you be blessed with abundant livestock. May your children be as numerous as the stars. May they be as numerous as the sands of the sea. ‎‎Even if misfortune, bad storms (of life), disease and hunger come (to you). With your left hand push them away, and with your right hand bring the blessings closer to you. ‎‎May it be so for your life, may it be so for your good health. ‎‎May your life be as long as the banyan tree. May Heaven grant you strength and happiness.
Date: 2015
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a work house captions transcript

Conversation about a work house

A visit by Sumshot Khular, David Peterson, and Shobhana Chelliah to the work house attached to Swamy Tholung's house in Thamlapokpi, Chandel.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sankhil Khungwar singing Lamloon laa, Tangsaa Ruul ong mang nge at Thamlapokpi. captions transcript

Sankhil Khungwar singing Lamloon laa, Tangsaa Ruul ong mang nge at Thamlapokpi.

Mrs.Sankhil Khungwar singing first a song of Lamloon laa in the first part. In the second part of the recording Mr. Swamy Tholung Ksen tells a well-known traditional narrative of Arthluuk le' Raangchel.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading of list of insects and other nouns with modifier transcript

Reading of list of insects and other nouns with modifier

Toni Khullar provides a reading of some insect names
Date: January 12, 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [thl] from Daniel Tholung at Thamlakhuren Village transcript

Elicitation of minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [thl] from Daniel Tholung at Thamlakhuren Village

Daniel Tholung shares a list of minimal pairs contrasting the sounds [tl] and [thl] at Sumshot Khular' s house in Thamlakhuren village 2018.
Date: January 11, 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about Sheltoi Sankhil's grandmother transcript

Personal narrative about Sheltoi Sankhil's grandmother

Sumshot explains the IRB release form to Sheltoi (Adam) Sankhil. Sheltoi then tells a story about his grandma.
Date: January 13, 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lectures in Imphal on Lamkang Verb Conjugation transcript

Lectures in Imphal on Lamkang Verb Conjugation

Shobhana Chelliah reviews two Lamkang paradigms with Lamkang language collectors and with the Manipuri language cell. The event was organized by Dr. Harimohon Thounaojam. Sumshot Khular assisted with translation as needed. There is an accompanying video and handout. Contributions recorded from Dr. Yashawanta Singh, Mr. Daniel Tholung, Mr, Swamy Tholung, and Mr. Beshot Khullar.
Date: August 8, 2018
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of words with consonant clusters transcript

Analytical discussion of words with consonant clusters

Swamy Ksen describes words with two consonant (CC) sequences based on a list he curated. This is a discussion of that list.
Date: August 9, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of tone in compound words transcript

Elicitation of tone in compound words

Sumshot Khular works with Berwyn Chong to collect compounds to study tone sandhi in these forms. The elicitation was done as part of a class project for Phonology at UNT in Fall 2017.
Date: October 27, 2017
Creator: Chong, Berwyn
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the story "The Stepmother," Part I transcript

Conversation about the story "The Stepmother," Part I

Sumshot Khular and Tyler Utt discuss the story "The Stepmother."
Date: April 19, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of tone, part 1 transcript

Analytical discussion of tone, part 1

Sumshot Khular discusses the tone of Lamkang words
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of the causative paradigm of 'give' transcript

Analytical discussion of the causative paradigm of 'give'

A discussion between Sumshot Khular and Tyler Utt of the causative construction and the verb 'give'. This elicitation was recorded in the Linguistic conference room at Discovery Park, UNT.
Date: April 21, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading from the New Testament, Book of Mark, Chapter 1 transcript

Reading from the New Testament, Book of Mark, Chapter 1

Sumshot Khular reads from the book of Mark, Chapter 1.
Date: June 3, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Interview about language preservation and documentation

Sumshot Khular interviews Beshot Khullar at her home in Thamlapokpi, Chandel, Manipur. Beshot tells of his interests and activities in preserving traditional knowledge, stories, proverbs and the like.
Date: January 31, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Interview about Lamkang language and preservation, part 2

Sumshot Khular interviews Beshot Khullar about his activities and interests in language and culture preservation.
Date: January 31, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about Arthluuk le' Raangchel

Sumshot Khular discusses and translates traditional narratives of Arthluuk le' Raangchel story. In discussion are Jane Lorenzen and Tyler P. Utt.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of inclusive and exclusive conjugations

Shobhana Chelliah and David Peterson lead discussion of verb conjugations with Daniel Tholung, Shekarnong Sankhil, and Sumshot Khular at Thamlakhuren Village.
Date: February 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of the The Frog and the Tiger

Recording of Sumshot Khular reading and translating the story of The Frog and the Tiger with Tyler Utt.
Date: March 15, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of tone words

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (N-P) with Sumshot Khular.
Date: April 1, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Sumphaai and Rangleng

Recording of Sumphaai leh Raangleen story narrated by Grace Sankhil
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel

Transcription of a retelling of Theipaa paomin (the Squirrel Story), as told by Bunghon Sankhil of Keithelmanbi Lamkang village in Chandel District Manipur.
Date: June 18, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library