Dicussions on Lamkang Directionals by drawing a map during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.

Lamkang Speakers in the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Tholung Swamy Ksen, Lamkang Bible Translator, Bibles International, explaining the Lamkang word meaning at the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Recording of Sumshot Khular describing different types of traditional baskets of women and men. The baskets are made from cane and bamboo, bamboo is used as a holder or a support to strengthen the baskets in their design. A knife called tangsi and its holder which is made of bamboo. The video is taken at Sumshot Khular 's house in Thamlakhuren.

Photograph of a poster presentation about reduplication in Lamkang at the ICOLSI-38 conference at IIT Guwahati, Assam, India

Photograph of a Lamkang speaker in the dining hall during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.

Photograph of a bibliography of the Short History of the Lamkangs by Shethon Sankhil Thamlakhuren village presented to Shobhana Chelliah during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.

Discussion on Lamkang words during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photograph of Lamkang Directional displayed on white board during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Recording of story of a poor boy, and the second story of Chuva and Khava by Swamy Tholung Ksen during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco Institute.

Recording of a discussion of Lamkang directionals with Donnu Sankhil, Sumshot Khular with Shobhana Chelliah during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.

Photograph of a bibliography page of the brief history of Lamkang booklet written by Sankhil Shethon, a bibliography page taken during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.

Photograph of a Lamkang Directionals discussions on white board at the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Chelliah Shobhana discussing about the Lamkang language at the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Photograph of a bibliography of the short History of the Lamkangs written by Shethon Sankhil of Thamlakhuren presented to Shobhana Chelliah during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.

A view of Mantri Pantha village from the new church building hillock during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.

Photograph of Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Sumshot Khular at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Orthography Workshop speaks in Lamkang and English to thank the organizers, and the Lamkang speakers. Then shared about what is needed for language revitalization.

Photograph of a special Sildak (mithun) kept ready for Columbus Khular's wedding feast of Kongpe Aibul village taken during the visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India. Sildak is a prized animal known for its meat, used in several rituals, ceremonies and festivities like Totlang K'am, Marriages, death and wedding ceremonies and other festivities.

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript, viewed through a plastic barrier. It is written in the Meithei Mayek script, a Brahmic abugida which has been in use since the 11th century. This specific manuscript discusses the art of the architecture and science of construction of houses, buildings, bridges, and walls.

This is a diagram of the layout of a traditional Meithei house adapted from Chaki-Sircar's 1981 work. This diagram describes traditional customs and includes the Manipuri words for areas of the house.

The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation where speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe it. In the video, a young boy steals a basket of pears from a farmer, then shares the stolen pears with three boys. This is a recording of Gopendro’s retelling of the Pear Story.

This is a photograph of a woman with a private collection of ancient Manipuri manuscripts stored in a cabinet.

This is a photograph of a Manipuri woman standing on a balcony of an apartment building.