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Folk Songs of Lamkaang (open access)

Folk Songs of Lamkaang

Collection of the lyrics for Lamkang-language folk songs. It includes statements from various persons involved, biographical information about former village chiefs, tables of Lamkang/English/Manipuri equivalencies, and photos of people and instruments.
Date: January 1, 2013
Creator: Khullar, Beshot
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang seminar program- Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs 2006

Photograph of a program for a session of a seminar on Lamkang history origin, including an image on the left panel, and a list of sessions to be held December 1-2, 2006. The right panel of the tri-fold bulletin is only partially visible.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional narrative about how people started building houses (open access)

Transcription: Traditional narrative about how people started building houses

This is a narrative about how people started building houses after the world was flooded. They watched animals build their houses, like wild boars and birds, and then collected the tools and materials to build houses. Then, they blessed the house.
Date: May 1, 2006
Creator: Mèrv̄m, Ráwang
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Description of marriage customs (open access)

Transcription: Description of marriage customs

This is a description of marriage customs. Both families send 'go-betweens' to mediate the agreement and discuss dowry. For the ceremony, the bride passes through a bundle of reeds, and a gift called "geumbang siya" is given. Sometimes, there are other gifts as well, and a feast. If someone cannot pay the dowry, elders may allow them to pay something later, at a time when they can afford it. He also describes the different practices of groups in surrounding areas, and compares traditional marriage customs to current ones affected by Christian influence. The speaker is from Krangku originally, but had moved to Putao several years before the time of recording.
Date: May 1, 2006
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the future of Chhitkul village captions transcript

Conversation about the future of Chhitkul village

Gangaa Devi and Amir Singh describe how they envision the future of Chhitkul village. The recording was made at their home, the Amar Guest House in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical:  Field notebook on Lamkang verb conjugation (open access)

Analytical: Field notebook on Lamkang verb conjugation

Handwritten notes on verb conjugations in Lamkang recording fieldwork conducted by Willem de Reuse with Daniel Tholung at the University of North Texas
Date: December 1, 2009
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notebook of Lamkang notes NB7 (open access)

Notebook of Lamkang notes NB7

Handwritten notes of verb paradigms in Lamkang by Daniel Tholung when discussing with Willem de Reuse.
Date: December 1, 2009
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Ruunu and the Squirrel by Farngam Shilshi (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Ruunu and the Squirrel by Farngam Shilshi

Transcription of a retelling of Ruunu leh theipaa paomin (The Story of Ruunuu and the Squirrel), as narrated by Farngam Shilshi. Ruunu collects figs in the forest and meets a squirrel, who asks for a ride in the fig basket. The squirrel eats all the figs, leaving only the skins, and Ruunu curses
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Lamkang Literature and Education Committee
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Boy and the Tiger (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Boy and the Tiger

Transcription of a retelling of Buurling le humpii paa paomin (the Story of the Boy and the Tiger), as narrated by Kangten Shakhila. The elder brother's wife tells her husband to kill his younger brother. At first he just pretends to do so, and then he abandons his younger brother in a tree. There the younger brother meets a tiger who wants to eat fruit from the tree. The boy offers to feed the tiger but stabs him instead. [INCOMPLETE.]
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about She-frog and He-tiger (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about She-frog and He-tiger

Transcription of a retelling of Uitxok nuu le humpii paa paomin (the Story of She-frog and He-tiger), as narrated by Rengting Shilshi. Monkeys lead a tiger to a she-frog, who threatens to eat the tiger. The tiger proposes that the two of them race, and that the winner eat the other. The frog rides on the tiger's tail and jumps off at the end, beating the tiger. The tiger proposes that they vomit to see who has eaten more meat. The tiger asks how it is that the frog vomits tiger fur, and she claims it is from all the tigers she has eaten. Frightened, the tiger flees. The story is collected during the LLEC workshop at Mantripantha Village.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Shilshi, Rengting & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional narrative about the origin of the Azeulam (the Azeu dance) (open access)

Transcription: Traditional narrative about the origin of the Azeulam (the Azeu dance)

This is a narrative about how the Vzeu dance originated, recorded in Myitkyina. The Vzeu dance started when people wanted to express gratitude, so they imitated the butterflies and eagles. The speaker is from Krangku originally, but had moved to Putao several years before the time of recording. He also briefly describes the different beliefs and dances of groups in surrounding areas.
Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 107 (open access)

Akha notebook 107

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of the traditional narrative shà ziq ziq ə.
Date: 1978-11-01/1978-11-14
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 907 (open access)

Akha notebook 907

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of elicited sentences and noun phrases, a traditional narrative about building houses, and word lists including numerals 1-100, time, and pronouns.
Date: February 1, 1989
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of orthography, part 4 transcript

Analytical discussion of orthography, part 4

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speeches on language resources for endangered languages captions transcript

Speeches on language resources for endangered languages

Video of the speakers in the morning session of the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages. The presenters detailed what language resources currently exist, their strengths and weaknesses, and what languages still require more documentation and archiving.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Linguistics.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on linguistic fieldwork captions transcript

Speech on linguistic fieldwork

Video of the opening keynote session by James Mastioff on best practices for linguists when working with endangered languages during the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Linguistics.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussions about documenting and archiving languages captions transcript

Discussions about documenting and archiving languages

Video of one group discussion during the break-out session at the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages. Participants broke up into two groups to discuss various issues that emerge during the process of documenting and archiving languages.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Linguistics.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on information sharing and ethics captions transcript

Speech on information sharing and ethics

Video of a presentation explaining aspects of information ethics and how to ethically share information during an afternoon session of the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Linguistics.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
View of rice paddies in Mazhing captions transcript

View of rice paddies in Mazhing

View of rice paddies from Rolam Mazhing toward Thragom village. It is known as Mazhing 'main', meaning it is the main paddy for Rolam village. Conversations among the villagers and children can be heard in the background.
Date: June 1, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Monologue about courage and elders' wisdom (open access)

Transcription: Monologue about courage and elders' wisdom

This is a monologue about the teachings of elders. He warns that people need to think carefully before judging. The speaker, Vshaq Sangdong Pōng, is from the Mvtjùng valley, and is about 70 years old at the time of recording. He speaks the lower Mvtjùng variety.
Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Description of the mountains in the area (open access)

Transcription: Description of the mountains in the area

This is a description of the mountains near Dukdang, Putao, and others in surrounding areas. The speaker, Vshaq Sangdong Pōng, is from the Mvtjùng valley, and is about 70 years old at the time of recording. He speaks the lower Mvtjùng variety. He lists the mountains, and the groups that live in those areas. He tells which mountains have roads nearby, and how some have changed names over time.
Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Description of rivers and streams in the area (open access)

Transcription: Description of rivers and streams in the area

This is a description of the rivers and streams near Dukdang, Putao, and others in surrounding areas. The speaker, Vshaq Sangdong Pōng, is from the Mvtjùng valley, and is about 70 years old at the time of recording. He speaks the lower Mvtjùng variety. He lists the names of different rivers, and describes where they meet, and what roads or villages are near them.
Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional narrative about the orphan boy and the treasure (open access)

Transcription: Traditional narrative about the orphan boy and the treasure

This is a traditional narrative about an orphan boy who finds treasure inside a gourd and becomes rich. The speaker, Vshaq Sangdong Pōng, is from the Mvtjùng valley, and is about 70 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library